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BMW's First Electric Vehicle Offered as $499 Monthly Lease
KickingTiresBMW announced lease pricing and final specifications for the brand???s first electric vehicle, the ActiveE. The model will go on sale to select customers this fall for $499 a month for 24 months with $2,250 due at signing. The reservation......Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Connecticut, BMW, Vehicles, Ford
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BMW Announces Markets for Electric Vehicle
KickingTiresLater today, BMW will announce the test markets for its second test electric vehicle, the BMW ActiveE. The markets include the metro areas of New York City; Los Angeles; San Diego; San Francisco; Sacramento, Calif; Boston; and large swaths of......Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Connecticut, New York City, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, BMW
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Study Rates 50 U.S. Cities for EV Readiness
KickingTiresA new study rated 50 major metropolitan markets for plug-in electric vehicle readiness, and the leaders include some of the usual suspects ??? and some unexpected ones. The report was prepared by management consulting firm Roland Berger in partnership...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Richmond (Contra Costa, California), San Jose, Norfolk (Litchfield, Connecticut), Tampa
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Fisker Partners With Dealers to Sell Plug-in Karma
KickingTiresFisker took a major step toward its goal of putting the Karma, its 100-mpg plug-in electric hybrid, onto 40 dealership lots by the end of June. The green automaker has named 32 North American retailers that will sell and service......Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), San Jose, Alabama, Ohio, Minnesota
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What I did on my summer vacation, part two
Dining@LargeRetired in Elkridge is the second regular in the space of a couple of days to send me details of his trip at summer's end. (See also Hal Laurent's, posted yesterday.) I know some of you don't like me to......Tags: Steaks, Crime, Law and Justice, Travel, New York, Michigan Avenue
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Meg Whitman (eBay): Occasional voter
The Swampby Mark Silva Meg Whitman, the billionaire former CEO of eBay running for governor of California as a Republican, says she is ready for a political fight: "It is rough-and-tumble, but I say what I mean and I mean what......Tags: Public Finance, California, eBay Inc., George W. Bush, Meg Whitman
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Military, car dealers clash in reform tussle
The Swampby Janet Hook and Jim Puzzanghera The debate over the Senate's financial reform bill is setting up an unusual battle on Capitol Hill between two powerful groups: automobile dealers and the military. Car dealers, a well-organized small-business lobby...Tags: Corruption, Vehicles, Business, Small Businesses, Politics
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Beyonce to sing at White House dinner
The SwampIt's her Destiny to perform at tonight's dinner: Beyonce at the Grammy Awards in January. (LA Times/Jay Clendenin) by Katherine Skiba And the prize goes to: Beyonce. The Grammy award-winning superstar will perform Wednesday night on the South Lawn......Tags: Richmond (Contra Costa, California), California, Steny Hoyer, Barack Obama, Local Elections
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Idaho Republican inspired by Obama?
The Swampby Kathleen Hennessey In another year, we could all be forgiven for not following the GOP primary in Idaho's 1st congressional district. But true junkies have been watching -- and cringing. For the rest of you, an update: The gaffe-prone......Tags: Puerto Rico, Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Idaho, Primaries
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'Voltageville' Gets First Public EV Rapid Charger in U.S.
KickingTiresVacaville, Calif., nestled midway between San Francisco and Sacramento, just installed the first 50-kilowatt quick-charging station for electric vehicles in the country. Known as ???Voltageville,??? Vacaville has more electric car charging stations per...Tags: Movies, Vacaville, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Vehicles
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High court to hear California prison case
The Swampby David Savage The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and decide whether the state can be forced to release 46,000 inmates -- more than one-fourth of its prison population -- to......Tags: California, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Politics
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Tea party group accuses NAACP of 'racial terror'
The Swampby Kathleen Hennessey A group of black political activists on Wednesday defended the tea party movement against accusations of racism and claimed its critics were using race to shore up support for President Obama and his policies. The news conference.......Tags: Terrorism, Racism, Ku Klux Klan, Alaska, Republican Party
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