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Are Electric Cars Only for the Rich? Sacramento Is Challenging That Notion

January 27, 2019 /

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One solution for making electric vehicles accessible to low-income Californians is coming from an unlikely ally: Volkswagen.

The program, run by the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, served as the blueprint for another Electrify America program in the city, just underway, to put 140 all-electric Volkswagen e-Golfs at 70 low-income apartment complexes for car-sharing.

By Bradley Berman

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