National Drive Electric Week National Drive Electric Week, Sept. 9 to 17, is a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today’s widespread availability of plug-in vehicles and to highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. They are fun to drive, are less expensive and more convenient to fuel than […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: Charged up and ready to go
CERTAINLY BENICIA HAS BEEN KNOWN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA as a place to come and recharge one’s batteries, what with our Great Day by the Bay filled with art, music, restaurants, eclectic watering holes, First Street shopping, our pier and beautiful waterfront, fantastic community parks and history! But now not only those emotional and spiritual batteries […]
Benicia to unveil electric car fast charger
Long before the Tesla became a well-known brand or CODA started its short-lived assembly of electric cars at AMPORTS, Benicia installed two electric chargers at City Hall. Next week, the city will unveil a newer model, a DC fast electric charging station that can draw power from solar panels installed on shade covers in the […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: Home power
I WAS CRUISING AROUND MY PBS APP ON MY IPAD MINI and came across an interesting video series titled, “The Lexicon of Sustainability.” There are currently 21 short videos that run about 2 to 3 minutes each on a range of topics: fair trade versus direct trade, urban farming, drip irrigation, and so on. The […]