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Salt Lake City prepping for plug-in cars It won't happen overnight, but someday soon in Salt Lake City you may see electric cars recharging their batteries by plugging in to newfangled parking meters or tethering to outlets in downtown parking lots. The City Council this week approved a two-part legislative action that urges Mayor Ralph Becker to explore opportunities to support electric vehicles in public settings. Specifically, the council wants to list available alternative-fueling stations on the city's Web site and ponder grants to encourage business owners to install electrical outlets at stalls reserved for electric vehicles. The city also will investigate adding plug-in systems when it purchases its new credit-card parking meters. The move is the brainchild of Councilman Soren Simonsen, a green-building architect who drives an alternative-fuel car and a scooter. Part two contemplates amending the city's parking ordinance to require all new parking lots to include electrical charging stations. It also would implement the U.S. Green Building Council credit standards, which call for a minimum number of car-pool stalls, a minimum number of parking spaces for alternative-fuel cars and provisions for bicycle and scooter parking. ~ http://www.sltrib.com/slc/ci_12200785 |
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Councilman wants Salt Lake City to accommodate recharging electric cars The Volkswagen pulls out of the garage, its converted engine softly whirring. On a fully charged battery, the electric car might be able to travel from Sugar House to Riverton and back, a trip of a little more than 40 miles, without recharging. The man behind the wheel knows that's not enough for a revolution. |
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Salt Lake may plug in to electric-car revolution If gasoline prices surge this summer, more people may park their guzzlers adn shift to hybrids -- or even to the suddenly proliferating plug-in cars But scores of electric-car buffs don't want to wait for an organic epiphany. They are pushing Salt Lake City to propel the green revolution by |
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Homebrew solar electric car wins fans in Utah Utah is a state that gets a lot of sun but not a lot of attention on these pages for their green transportation moves. Still, it does seem that the DIY crowd is strong there. Remember the homemade Ariel Atom? That's not the only homemade vehicle taking to the street in the state. Kyle Dansie and Michael Mielke run ZEVUtah (Zero Emission Vehicles of Utah) and are two strong proponents of taking control of your transportation energy sources. |
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Solar-electric car generates power
and excitement Michael Mielke's new car has infectious energy. It runs off the sun, and its whirring engine is creating a big buzz - big enough, he hopes, to get other Utahns hooked on low-carbon, no-petroleum, pollution-free solar-electric travel. |
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Watt a Concept: Electric car builders
are powering up all over Utah. In 2006, the electric car was dead, scrapped into a memory. Major automakers focused on producing trucks and sport-utility vehicles. Gas was cheap and miles per gallon were hidden away on sales stickers. Then, this summer, gas prices soared past $4 a gallon. Out of the frustration many drivers suddenly felt, the electric car was reborn. Westminster promotes commuting without
polluting Increasing gasoline costs and a decreasing number of parking spaces at Westminster College are causing students to rethink transportation. Free UTA transit passes, free bike rentals and other modes of transportation, including zero-emission vehicles and scooters, are becoming more popular means of getting to and from school and were encouraged Wednesday at the college's Alternative Transportation Day. |
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