The city of San Francisco has not been shy to use its building codes to try to accelerate the deployment of sustainable energy. Last year, it required new buildings to have solar panels installed on the roof and this year, it will try to accommodate electric vehicles by using a similar approach. San Francisco already has one of the highest concentration of electric vehicles in the world and that comes with a more than decent public
San Francisco to require that new buildings be ‘100 percent electric vehicle ready’
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