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San Francisco vs. Portland in an Electric Car Race of a different sort [w/VIDEO]

While the Auto X Prize is working on making an actual clean vehicle race take place in the U.S. sometime soon, Gas 2.0 is putting together a "race" between U.S. cities to see which of them can get an electric vehicle charging infrastructure ready first. Currently, Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California are involved in the "Electric Vehicle War," which Gas 2.0 hopes will "spur a broader discussion on electric vehicle infrastructure that involves citizens, industry leaders, and major politicians." Some examples of Portland's EV ... Read more →

Hybrid hacks are a hit in San Francisco Domenick Yoney

While the use of hybrids as taxis has met with mixed reviews in New York, they seem to be something of a hit in San Francisco. Its first 15 Ford Escape hybrids have all clocked about 300,000 ...

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

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 ...

San Francisco could soon be first US city with a congestion charge Sam Abuelsamid

The city by the bay could soon be the first American city to get a congestion charge, and if current plans go forward it will be complex. San Francisco is currently debating a plan that would charge ...

Better Place to setup shop in San Francisco Bay area Sam Abuelsamid

This week in San Francisco, Better Place founder Shai Agassi and the mayors of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland announced the launch of an electric vehicle charging system in the Bay Area. An ...

VIDEO: San Francisco mayor in talks with Project Better Place 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've told you all about Shai Agassi's (above left) ambitious Project Better Place and how PBP has plans to create a charging and battery-swapping infrastructure to support fleets of electric cars in Israel, Denmark and possibly Japan. We've also noted not only PBP's deals with Renault to be the ...

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

Have you been planning on flying into San Francisco and renting a car to get around? The folks down at city hall would prefer that your rental be a hybrid and they are willing to help you pay for it. The free money for making a more environmentally-friendly car rental choice will come in the form ...

smart may force cities to reconsider parking laws 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The smart limited two, unveiled in Geneva. One reason that micro-vehicles like the smart exist is so that they can cut down on congestion. There is only so much space available in big urban areas, and parking spots are often hard to come by. So, to pack more vehicles in the same amount of parking ...

NY Times: San Franciciso city government wants your used vegetable oil to power its fleet of cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As a blogger for AutoblogGreen, I read about waste vegetable oil used as a car fuel daily but I have to admit to a "WTF?" moment when reading about details of what fuels were used by San Francisco's new fully biodiesel-capable fleet. According to the New York Times, the fleet uses virgin soy from ...

All 1,500 San Francisco city-owned diesel vehicles ready to run on biodiesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We told you San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order in May 2006 calling for all diesel-powered city-owned vehicles to run on biodiesel by the end of 2007 and we told you recently it was almost complete. With a month to spare, this week the administration announced the goal has ...

Transbay Terminal is set to reinvigorate mass transit in San Francisco 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I've been to San Francisco and when I was there I never drove a car. I did take a few taxi rides and got on the trolley because, you know, how could you not after seeing all of the Rice-a-Roni commercials. I never encountered the Transbay bus terminal, though. From the sounds of it, I was not ...

The Tesla Roadster to take a 200 mile road trip 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like Tesla is about to set out to prove that their Roadster is capable of going 200 miles or more on a charge [UPDATE: the car will stop along the way at a Hyatt in Sacramento to show off the charging capability (and charge the batteries), something Tesla's David Vespremi told ...

Arvin California, an agricultural town, is home to the nation's worst air pollution 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The question of whether or not people should be forced into driving smaller cars with engines that emit less pollutants is one that is likely to be debated for quite some time. Many believe that it is their "right" to drive whatever kind of car they want as long as they are willing to pay for it, ...

San Francisco plans on running city bus fleet on B20 using WVO 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

So, they've made ads that are dumb, and possibly even offensive, depending on who you ask, and they just opened their first B20 station recently. But San Francisco is really putting some effort into greening their city. The newest evidence of this fact is that the San Francisco Public Utilities ...

Cleantech Launches Hybrid Taxi Initiative 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Joining other, existing initiatives to move the U.S. taxi fleet across to hybrid vehicles, the Cleantech Venture Network has launched the Cleantech Innovation Institute (CII), which will work to reduce or remove existing barriers to the change-over. Already, a number of major U.S. cities have ...

Aussie Solar Ferries coming to San Francisco 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the above image to view our high resolution gallery of Solar Sailor solar ferries I read about the plan for San Francisco to introduce two solar-powered, 600-passenger ferries during 2008 to shuttle passengers between San Francisco and Alcatraz Island and was struck by the photo which seemed ...

15 motorists to try Low-Car Diet in San Francisco area 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

During October, 15 individuals from around the San Francisco will give up their cars as part of a Low-Car Diet program (a diet Weblog's Sarah Gilbert went on back in July). The idea should demonstrate the ease of living in transit-friendly Bay Area. Each participant will have their car keys locked ...

San Francisco: Clean Diesel Bus Program nearly complete 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

San Franciscans and neighboring Bay Area residents should be breathing a little easier these days. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the local transit systems are nearly finished retrofitting over 1,700 diesel buses with exhaust ...

Tides of change: San Francisco to study use of underwater turbines to generate power 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While wind turbines provide a clean source of energy, they still have a number of short-comings as well as vocal opponents who often come from the sore-sight front. San Francisco, which probably wouldn't have the space for a field of wind turbines anyway, is proposing to decrease the city's ...

Getting to know an electric-car activist 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

This profile on San Francisco activist Marc Geller serves an excellent expression of the feelings, emotions and obsessions associated with electric-car advocates. Geller wanted a "cool" car to replace his quirky Citroen and leased the Ford Th!nk. He lost the vehicle when Ford dropped its electric ...

3rd Annual Energy Tech Conference looks at investing in clean energy 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Moving from Texas over to California, here's a quick post on how you could make $3.4 billion if you happen to be in the clean energy business. That is, if you happen to have the only good idea at the third annual Energy Tech Conference taking place next month San Francisco. The conference, put on ...

Californians could be in for a storm before the calm 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Politicians are often criticized for promoting short-term solutions and forgetting about long-term gains. Today we read in Inside Bay Area about a California Assemblyman, Joe Nation, who is calling for a 25-cent tax increase on each gallon of gasoline to snap people into considering alternatives to ...

Touring around San Francisco in an electric rental with GPS guidance 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here's another San Francisco-based story to complement the news of the SFFD going biodiesel. If you're in the city and want to go for a tour without emitting a lot of CO2 (at least, not from the vehicle you're riding in), then give a look to Electric Time Car Rentals and their GPS-based city audio ...

San Francisco will use biodiesel in emergency fleets 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The City of San Francisco announced Thursday that the city's fire department will begin a six-month pilot program to use B20 in fire trucks and other emergency vehicles. The pilot program will be limited to the SE part of SF, and biodiesel use will likely expand to the fleet citywide after ...

Daryl Hannah: From Hollywood star to green activist. 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I admit, I am writing this so I can post the picture of Daryl Hannah drinking a glass of biodiesel. After years of quiet green living, Daryl Hannah speaks out about her life-long environmental activism in a San Francisco Chronicle article. Her two houses have been off the grid for a dozen years, she ...

Hybrid taxis in San Francisco doing great, New York fleet still too new to know 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Ford Escape hybrid taxis that are rolling through the streets of San Francisco I mentioned last week are getting good reviews from apparently everyone, according to The Auto Channel: drivers, cab company owners and riders. Drivers are saving about $20 to $30 a shift on gas and getting bigger ...

All hail the hybrid taxis 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Looking for a ride in one of America’s larger cities and want to do at least a little bit to help the environment? Try to hail one of the increasing number of hybrid taxies (seen here all glossied up for New York International Auto Show). According to Technoride, 31 Ford Escape SUV hybrids ...


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