Mayor Menino Adds Boston

Boston joins in the Plug-In Campaign.

By Mayor Thomas M. Menino
Guest Column
Thursday, February 2, 2006

Here is part of the Mayor's column.

"In addition, I joined mayors from across the country in a national effort to support the National Plug-in Hybrid Campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to demonstrate to automobile manufacturers that there is a market for flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles.

These vehicles take currently available gasoline-hybrid vehicles to the next level, allowing drivers to plug them in for a few hours to charge the batteries and then drive emissions free solely on electric power for 35-60 miles. The cost of charging the battery of a PHEV is estimated to be just 50-75 cents per gallon equivalent. Since most drivers travel short distances throughout our city, this new technology could significantly reduce local air emissions and save residents money."

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Here is the list of City Partners as of today. We expect some more big ones soon.

Arlington, TX
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Boulder, CO
Corpus Christi, TX
Dallas, TX
Denver, CO
Fort Worth, TX
Irvine, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Madison, WI
Philadelphia, PA
Salt Lake City, UT
Seattle, WA
Wenatchee, WA

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