Bay Area
Waze begins testing new carpooling service in the Bay Area
The new Waze Rider app will allow 25,000 employees at select Bay Area companies to get a ride to work with over 700,000 local drivers.
DIY Star Wars BB-8 droid hits the road in the Bay Area
YouTube user AydoSF built a BB-8 on to the back wheel of his car so the little droid could follow wherever they go.
Hyundai expanding Tucson fuel cell deliveries to NorCal soon
With more H2 stations up and running in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hyundai is going to start leasing the Tucson Fuel Cell there soon.
Bay Area Governments Make Big Electric-Vehicle Buy
A group of San Francisco Bay Area cities, counties and water agencies has joined forces for what is being billed as one of the largest single government purchases of all-electric vehicles in the country.
Atlanta, DC are two EV hotspots in patchwork quilt of green car demand
To put a spin on the old Civil War story, Atlanta indeed is burning. But in this case, it's a good thing because the heat is a reference to the city's demand for electric vehicles. Atlanta is where EV demand is growing faster in that city than any other in the US, according to ChargePoint.
Tesla Model S headed to Vukee carsharing in San Francisco
SF Bay Area will get more quick-charging stations for Nissan Leafs
Northern California Nissan Leaf owners may be in for their own San Francisco Treat of sorts, as the automaker said it's planning to deploy more quick-charging stations that will be accessible to the electric vehicles, Plug In Car reports.
Bay area residents could soon be taxed per mile driven
As cars get more fuel efficient, they become a less profitable source of tax dollars. So what's a city to do? Raising gas taxes is certain political death. For San Francisco Bay officials, creativity is the key.
Bay Area studying taxing the miles we drive: good idea or worst idea?
In some ways, taxing people for the miles they drive makes sense. After all, we need money to keep roads in good shape and it already happens today, indirectly, through gasoline taxes. But when anyone talks about taxing the miles directly – i.e., through a mileage or "vehicle miles traveled" tax – hackles get raised.
San Francisco Bay Area will get e-bike sharing program
For anyone looking to find out if an electric-powered bike can make it up Telegraph Hill's Filbert Street in San Francisco, you'll soon get your chance.
Nissan and San Francisco team up on EV charging in Bay Area
2010 Nissan Leaf - Click above for high-res image gallery
Venture capitalists ready to throw money at green energy technology firms
What ideas are worth buying into? It’s buried down a bit in the text, but this San Francisco Chronicle article makes it clear that technology companies that have bold ideas for green juice are getting funding out of venture capitalists. The paper reports that 172 companies in the Bay Area received $1.9 billion in the first three months of 2006. Some of those new companies mentioned in the article include GreenFuel Technologies (which recycles s