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Storm damage photos, outages linger, 30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Electric cars

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To get off fossil fuels, Berkeley is going to need a lot more electricians

by Emily Pontecorvo | Grist Jan. 12, 2023, 12:37 p.m.January 12, 2023

A shortage of skilled labor in Berkeley, the East Bay and across the country could derail efforts to “electrify everything.”

Posted inSchools

Berkeley’s yellow school buses are going green

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich Oct. 10, 2021, 8:00 a.m.December 9, 2021

A fleet of eight electric school buses is picking up Berkeley students for the first time this fall.

Posted inCommunity

Curbside electric car charging stations arrive in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Sept. 22, 2016, 11:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley is one of the first cities in the nation to allow private curbside charging for electric vehicles.

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Berkeley rolling out electric vehicle charging stations

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor April 10, 2014, 10:00 a.m.February 8, 2023

Two new electric vehicle charging stations like these ones have opened for Whole Foods customers at Telegraph and Ashby. Photo: Business Wire Berkeley’s Whole Foods market unveiled two new, powerful charging stations for electric vehicles yesterday at its store at the intersection of Telegraph at Ashby. The move brings the total number of public stations […]

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Op-ed: Berkeley should allow curbside electric vehicle charging

by Alan Gould Feb. 20, 2014, 1:34 p.m.October 4, 2022

Public solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in Novato, where the author left his Nissan Leaf for about an hour while I getting a snack at a Mexican restaurant. Photo: Alan Gould More and more people are buying electric vehicles (EVs). For good reason. They have no tailpipes (zero emissions) and very low maintenance costs because […]

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Berkeley ‘near-fanatic’ gets charge from first Chevy Volt

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Dec. 21, 2010, 11:28 a.m.October 4, 2022

When South Berkeley resident Patrick Wang first saw the Chevy Volt in 2007, he was convinced that the world had changed. “It was the first electric car that didn’t look like a science project and that would actually work,” Wang recalled. “I thought this was the first real material move forward that any car manufacturer […]

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Electric car bores people in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 20, 2010, 6:42 a.m.October 4, 2022

Wired reporter Chuck Squatriglia got the use of a futuristic-looking electric car from Mitsubishi and took it out for a spin on the streets of Berkeley. He was amazed at the reaction he got: total indifference. It seems Berkeleyans were so busy whizzing around in their hybrid Priuses that they barely noticed the bright blue […]

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