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    This weekend, someone just might buy the 100,000th electric car in the US
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    It's tough to know for sure how many plug-in vehicles have been sold throughout the US, but if anyone has been keeping count, it's the fine folks at Plug In America. And, according to them, somewhere in America this weekend, maybe, someone will buy the 100,000th electric car. PIA says it expects ...

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    Report: Plug In America wants to survey your Tesla Roadster battery
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    Plug In America has launched a second electric vehicle owner experience survey – this time with the Tesla Roadster. It follows a survey conducted last year among Nissan Leaf owners, which was utilized and acknowledged by Nissan as it dealt with unexpected battery capacity loss reported by ...

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    Report: EV advocate Chelsea Sexton explains what gets potential buyers charged up
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    Our friend Chelsea Sexton, co-founder of EV advocacy group Plug In America, says that Nissan, Coda and other electric-vehicle makers need to focus more on the heart and less on the head when it comes to pitching EVs to prospective buyers. Sexton, who was recently hired by Nissan as a consultant, ...

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    Official: Plug In America releases guidebook for Hawaii EV drivers
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    Plug In America is saying Aloha to Hawaii's growing legion of electric-vehicle drivers. The electric vehicle advocate group used a $50,000 grant from the State of Hawaii to produce a 48-page guidebook (PDF) designed to help novices adopt their first electric vehicle. The document – ...

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    Official: 2nd annual National Plug In Day will feature EVs, free iPads
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    ...and then there were 60. That's how many cities will be celebrating the Second Annual National Plug In Day later this month. The celebration of all things EV, which is being put on by Plug In America, Sierra Club and the Electric Auto Association, will take place Sunday, September 23, in ...

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    Report: 'Ignore' DC quick-charge status with Nissan Leaf, EV advocate says
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    A lot of science goes into electric cars, but when it comes to gauging battery-charge percentage, there may be a little more art involved. In this case, the DC quick-charge stations that are currently being installed near highways along the U.S. West Coast – and other locations – ...

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    Official: LA finally gets public DC fast charger for electric vehicles
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    Well, it's about time! The city of Los Angeles just had its very first electric vehicle DC fast charger installed – an ECOtality Blink charger public station that can fill up a compatible EV to roughly 80 percent full in 30 minutes. It was unveiled last week in downtown L.A.'s Arts ...

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    Video: If you can't plug your car in...
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    Plug In America members sure like to point out how much better their cars are than regular gas vehicles. The latest video version of this message shows a happy Chevrolet Volt driver – but not the way GM portrays them – who goes through the list of ways a plug-in car benefits the ...

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    Adopt A Charger memorial fund set up for EV advocate Doug Korthof
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    The plug-in vehicle grassroots are a little less vibrant today with the news that EV advocate Doug Korthof has passed way. We were lucky to have Korthof's voice appear in the AutoblogGreen comments from time to time, but his true contribution to the field was his long-time commitment to getting ...

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    Report: CARB's new ZEV mandate revision could add 1.4m more advanced green cars, while creating a big loophole
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    The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is holding meetings that could put the hammer down on getting more zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) on the road – or so it seems at first glance. CARB, which always looks far down the road, is discussing how it will change the ZEV program that concerns ...

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