SoCal Clean Cities Newsletter
November 2007
AC Transit
Fleet to Test Alternative Fuels
Link to story in
the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/23/BA9BSU9FT.DTL
Reimagining the Automobile Industry by Selling the Electricity
Former SAP executive Shai Agassi wants to reinvent the auto industry by building car
battery-charging stations around the world.
Link to story
from The New York Times:
Getting
Charged Up Over Service Stations
An
interview with Shai Agassi.
Link to interview
on CNET News:
http://www.news.com/Getting-charged-up-over-service-stations/2008-11392_3-6216133.html?tag=nefd.top
Plug-Ins Going
for a Spin
100
Link to story in
the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/31/BAUIT3FBN.DTL
LA Panel OKs
Cleanup Plan for Port Trucks
Link to story in
the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-port2nov02,1,2161924.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
(may require free registration)
Link to story in
the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-port6nov06,1,3996940.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
(may require free registration)
Link to story in
the San Francisco Chronicle:
Link to story in Intellimotion:
http://www.path.berkeley.edu/PATH/Intellimotion/IM-13.2.pdf
(page 3)
GM Pushes the
Pedal on Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Power
Link to story in USA
Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-11-04-gm-hydrogen_N.htm
State Air
Regulators Want Go Ahead on Auto Exhaust Reduction Rules
Link to story in
the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/05/MN21T5CIJ.DTL
How Silicon
Valley Could Become the
Link to story in
the San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_7392438
Gas-Free Cars
Will Soon Hit Streets
Link to story in
the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fuelcell15nov15,1,5868411.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Gov.
Schwarzenegger Says
Link to AP story:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/15/business/NA-FIN-US-Auto-Show-Schwarzenegger.php
Gov.
Schwarzenegger Promotes Alternative Fuel Vehicles at the Annual LA Auto Show
Link to story in Fuel
Cell Car News:
http://www.fuelcellcarnews.com/News/111507c.asp
Bring Back the
Electric Car
The state should
reverse its mistake of putting its clean-air hopes in hydrogen instead of
battery-powered autos.
Link to
commentary in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-boschert19nov19,0,4608381.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail
The Southern
California Clean Air Newsletter is published monthly as a service of
the Southern California Economic
Partnership.
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