Making Bay Area friendly for electric cars

1of3Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums (left) and Mayor Gavin Newsom look at an electric car on Nov. 20, 2008 in San Francisco, Calif., after announcing that the Bay Area will build an electric vehicle network with a $1 billion private investment in infrastructure and initiatives aimed at making them more affordable.Kurt Rogers/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less Bay Area environmental leaders are counting on

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Erin Allday cites Shai Agassi, ""We need to start thinking about this as the next generation of the car. It's about time we changed from car 1.0 to car 2.0,"..."

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E.Allday cites S.Agassi:"We need to start thinking about this as the next generation of the car. It's about time we changed from car 1.0 to car 2.0(.....)We're following a model that's worked in Israel, in Denmark. We build the infrastructure first. By 2012 we'll be ready for a mass market of cars."