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Exclusive Greenius Coverage of Today’s Clean Tech Roundtable

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The agenda included: Bob Foster, Mayor of Long Beach; Jeremy Snyder, General Manager of Tesla Motors; Steve Westly, Former State Controller, Bobby Shriver from the Santa Monica City Council, John Chiang, the California State Controller; Bill Locker, the California State Treasurer and the once and future Governor of California, Jerry Brown.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

Number one, it’s a lot better, particularly when you’re working indoors or when you’re working in an urban environment. We were expecting the heavy truck market to electrify a whole series of their auxiliaries and take the loads off the motor. Also, it’s a maintenance issue. For those vehicles, maintenance is key.

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That Super Sexy Clean Tech Roundtable, Part II of a Greenius Exclusive

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Steve Westly (left) with Jeremy Snyder, General Manager, Tesla Motors (c) 2009 Joe Galliani. Don’t forget that the big brains at General Motors used toasters, lamps and electric fans as the spokespeople last time they had a sexy electric car to market. Bob Foster, Mayor, City of Long Beach (c) 2009 Joe Galliani.

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Ford developing a strategy to address urban personal mobility globally; a mobility company, not just an auto company

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company is mapping out a strategy to address the requirements for personal mobility in the context of the megatrend of increasing global urbanization, both in mature economies as well as in emerging markets. Rough map of Ford’s Blueprint for Mobility. Click to enlarge. Like some other OEMs (e.g.,

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