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San Francisco Mayor plugs in 3 PHEVs, makes a "soft" order for 250 more

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made sure everyone knew the three converted plug-in hybrids that are now a part of the municipal fleet were PHEVs by plugging them in at a ceremony on Thursday. San Francisco's new PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) were converted by Pat's Garage with funding from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and will be used by many parts of the city government including the Public Library and the Mayor's office. The city and county of San Francisco also put in a "soft" order to the big automakers ... Read more →

San Francisco to take delivery of three plug-in Priuses Sam Abuelsamid

Later today, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is expected to take delivery of three newly-converted plug-in Toyota Priuses. The cars will be used by the city and county for official business. The ...

511 Rideshare helps you carpool in the Bay Area Sebastian Blanco

If you live in the Bay Area and like to conserve resources (like, say, money and oil), perhaps ride sharing should be added to your list of transportation options. A free service called 511 Rideshare ...

Videos: not-for-profit City Car Share has 15,000 drivers Lascelles Linton

The video above is a France 24 news report about City Car Share, a not-for-profit car sharing program based in San Francisco. The video report says City Car Share has 15,000 members that pay rates of ...

San Francisco airport shuttles will run on Hythane, a hydrogen and natural gas blend Sebastian Blanco

According to the AutoblogGreen search box, it's been over a year since we last mentioned hythane. I guess we can say with some certainty that hythane is not the green fuel of choice these days. What ...

SF Green Party Sustainability co-chair on the "Terrible Illusion of Biodiesel" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We just revisited the moves that San Francisco is making to add biodiesel to the city fleet, with the latest news being the establishment of SF Greasecycle. In response to the city's latest progress on the biofuel front, Eric Brooks, the co-chair of the San Francisco Green Party sustainability ...

Recycling waste grease in San Francisco 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The City of San Francisco announced earlier this week that it will start a free grease recycling service called SF Greasecycle. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, commercial food preparation establishments (think restaurants and hotels) can donate used oil to the city, which will send out ...

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 ...


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