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SF Mayor Gavin Newsom Advocates Innovative Electric Cars

Description:San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is a strong advocate for sustainable urban planning and green business practices; he lead San Francisco to join the Kyoto Protocol, created significant incentives for solar power installation through the GoSolarSF program, and is working on an ambitious plan to make SF the "Electric Vehicle Capital of the U.S." He discusses his ideas and plans for shaping the growth of cities during these turbulent times. This segment deals with Newsom's vision for electric cars. (4:17)

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Tags: San Francisco Electric Vehicles , American recession , City Growth , electric cars