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Electrified!

April 7, 2009 on 4:08 pm | In Sustainability | No Comments

Count us among the advocates for a tailpipe-free vehicle. And we are fortunate to call San Francisco home as SF is one of the greenest cities this side of, um, Berkeley. Now, 3 Bay Area Cities are committing to make the kind of public investment in infrastructure we’ll need if we are going to see an emissions-free commute.

San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose took the first step in becoming the electric vehicle capitol of the world.  The cities unveiled a nine-step program that includes everything from buying fully electric vehicles to creating a massive infrastructure of charging outlets throughout the Bay Area. All of this comes at a cost, of course. It is estimated that the program will cost 1 billion dollars.

You can get all of the details, here.