The city of Oldsmar is celebrating National Drive Electric Week 2016 (Sept. 10-18) with a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) rally and driving tour starting at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Dunkin’ Donuts, 3720 Tampa Rd. Get more details on the Oldsmar event. Here’s the latest on what Tampa Electric is doing to help support the adoption of PEVs. More charging stations Just last month, Tampa Electric installed…
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TECO turns Mega Night electric at Rampello Magnet School
They’re too young to own homes, and you won’t see even the oldest among them behind the wheel of a car for at least a couple more years. But the students of Rampello Magnet School in Tampa know commitment to the community when they see it – and they saw a lot of it when Tampa Electric brought its electric vehicles and residential energy-saving programs to the school’s recent Mega…
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Tampa Electric joins community partners to drive opportunities for alternative fuel vehicle ownership and infrastructure
At the Tampa Bay Clean Cities event on March 19 in Pinellas Park, the message was simple: Taking the pain out of high gasoline prices includes increasing the number of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) on the road. Among the goals of the event, hosted by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, were to educate the public about the value of AFVs and to look at ways to increase the growth…
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Come see the Volt at the mall
You can check out the plug-in electric Chevy Volt at Westfield Brandon and Westfield Citrus Park malls. With the help of our friends at Ferman Chevrolet and Gordon Chevrolet, the Volt is on display inside the malls through the holiday season. “Placing the Volts on display supports our efforts to educate and help customers transition into electric vehicles,” said Kenneth Hernandez, program manager for TECO Energy’s alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs),…
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Our plug-in electric vehicles appear in Charged Magazine
As electric vehicle ownership grows, Tampa Electric is ready to help you get charged. The October/November 2012 issue of Charged Magazine, available free online, features interviews with a couple Florida utilities about how they’re preparing for the coming world of electric vehicles. Kenneth Hernandez, program manager of TECO Energy’s Alternative Fuel Vehicles, told the magazine about Tampa Electric’s recently completed readiness study that shows the company’s existing infrastructure can “easily”…
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