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San Francisco puts electric car charger in front of City Hall, ZipCar gets its frist PHEV

The city of San Francisco took another step into electric vehicle territory by installing "Smartlet" electric vehicle charging stations outside of City Hall today. The Smartlets are on loan from Coulomb Technologies and will be used to charge up cars from ZipCar, City CarShare and "a plug-in car in the City of San Francisco municipal fleet." Mayor Gavin Newsom made the announcement this morning. Mayor Newsom, one of the few to actually own an EV1 back in the day, also wrote a post for Gas2 in which he says that he believes battery electric ... Read more →

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San Francisco puts electric car charger in front of City Hall, ZipCar gets its frist PHEV 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

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San Francisco helps you hire a hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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