[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from San Francisco Mayor, Gavin Newsom, who has also just announced his candidacy for California Lieutenant Governor] Almost two years ago to the day, I sponsored a Green Taxi Law requiring San Francisco cab companies to lower their greenhouse gas emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2012 . [...]
I Believe that the Future is Electric (by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom)
July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Hi, I’m Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco, and I’d like to welcome you to the electric vehicle challenge being hosted by Gas 2.0. Our city has long been at the forefront of sustainability, and we now turn our focus to one of our biggest challenges: transportation. I believe that the future is electric, and [...]
The Race to an EV Future: Being First to an Electric Vehicle Grid
April 29, 2009 By 21 Comments
Editor’s Note: This is San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s second post on electric vehicles for Gas 2.0. It’s a direct response to Portland Mayor Sam Adams, who announced that his city would be the first to develop the charging infrastructure to support full-scale electric vehicle deployment. We expect to hear back from Mayor Adam’s later [...]
San Francisco Plugs In To the Future with Electric Vehicle Recharging Stations
February 18, 2009 By 43 Comments
Editors Note: This is a guest post by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on the city’s important first step toward creating the electric vehicle infrastructure of the future. Imagine cars with no tailpipes and no direct carbon emissions into our atmosphere — powered by an electrical energy system getting cleaner by the year through Renewable Portfolio [...]
