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Grand indeed

My love and gratitude to the attendees of our grand opening party last Saturday.  We counted over a hundred people—many friends, neighbors, and colleagues—each of whom has played a role in making LG possible.  My thanks to Javier Manrique for his artwork and Phil Deal for his “sonic wallpaper”; we are fortunate to have such talented, mature artists supporting our young business.  Javier’s work will remain on display through the fall.

Thanks again to those mentioned in my speech—Tami’s sister Heather, for flying from Manhattan to help; Sara Guren, Bow Beeman, and Aparna Bole, old friends who made the trip from Cleveland; Dave Berry, our skillful real estate agent; Norman and Floriana Petersen, the landlords who took a risk with us; Abraham Zavala, our genius architect; Alberto Gonzolez, the reason our building is in such good shape; Pacific Automotive Company, for their parts and also for granting our first credit account; Golden Gate Petroleum, supplier of “green” oil, fuels, and solvents; Evergreen Environmental, our waste management provider, for their commitment to recycling; Barry Zupan of K&L Automotive for his patience and attention; Mike Argo, who sold us most of our second-hand equipment; Richochet Consignment, for our second-hand furniture; craigslist, our source for plants, furniture, electronics, and everything else we’ve collected second-hand; Murat Wahab, our fabulous banker at Wells Fargo Haight St (the first bank in SF to be recognized as a green business); Jean Nelsen, our capable accountant; Maria Do Céu, my mentor and former boss from Out West Garage; Jack Rosebro of Perfect Sky Hybrid Training, for his technical expertise, general advise at all hours, and consulting on sustainability; Paul Cowden of Cowden’s Automotive and Pat Cadam of Pat’s Garage for their advise; Cobra Creative, our total source for web and brand work; Chuck Sanger, designer of our first poster; the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association for allowing us to host their meetings; Calcars’ Felix, Randy, and Ron for their enthusiasm and allowing us to host their most recent conversion; Cindy Choi of OEMTek and Rob Protheroe of Plug-in Supply for working towards our goal to have a plug-in kit available by the first of the year; SF Green Cab for choosing us for their fleet account; Dane Golden for his recent article for Wired.com; Jamie Lynch of KGO for the recent interview; The Heather Gold Show, for choosing us as their latest venue; and last, my dear Tami for her passion, creativity, and love.

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Our Fifteen Minutes

This article hit Wired.com early this morning (2am):

Blue Collar Goes Green - Hybrid Only Repair Shop Opens in San Francisco

Russell Frost kindly reposted it at a wakening hour (7:29am):

the prius owners group homepage

Then a kind soul was nice enough to point out this reverberation at SFist.com:

New Auto Shop Takes Green Pretty Seriously

Curious on what else I missed, I consulted Google and found GreenHybrid’s thread:

Hybrid only Mechanic

Newser.com picked it up this afternoon:

Little Shop of Hybrids

A phone call came in a bit later from Jeanie Lynch at KGO Radio.  After a whirlwind impromtu interview, I’m told the story will go out “repeatedly” tomorrow during morning drivetime (5-9). I’ll be setting my alarm.

By dinner the grapevine reached AutoblogGreen:

Luscious Garage, a hybrids-only car repair shop, opens in Bay Area

Matt Wright emailed at 9:40pm, pointing to autorepair.about.com:

The Green Goddess of Car Repair

Eco-Justice blog, authored by the Northeast Chapters of Interfaith Power and Light, followed close behind:

Auto Repair Goes Green

Green Car Congress put in a brief first thing on Friday:

Hybrid Specialist Garage Opens in San Francisco

Edmunds joined at 4am:

Hybrid-only repair shop opens in the Bay Area

Another checkup on Google turned up GoodCleanTech:

First Hybrid Repair Garage Opens in San Francisco

To be continued…?

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SFEVA full of potential

My thanks to Sherry Boschert, Marc Geller, and the rest of the SF EVA for an informative and insightful meeting last Saturday.  A RAV4 EV and brand new Vectrix scooter (both pictured) were also in attendance.  Hands-on activities are in the works for next month, along with future presentations on relevant technology. Same time (11-1), same place (LG!), Saturday, October 6th—mark your calendar! 

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PHEV resources online

Where To Learn About Plug-In Hybrids: a list abridged for pith and departure

Information and News

PHEV examples

Corporate Involvement

Valuable Yahoo Groups

 

 

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