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Tesla Model S Road Trip Ends Without A Hitch In NYC

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After starting in Portland, Oregon on December 26, the team drove down the West Coast, before cutting across Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama. Tesla Model S-driving trio Peter Soukup, Tina Thomas and Luba Roytburd successfully arrived in New York City after almost five thousand miles of driving coast-to-coast.

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Pike Research forecasts US plug-in vehicle penetration rates to be highest in smaller states

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The MSAs that most match the model demographics were: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA. Using current hybrid vehicle owner demographics as a model, Pike ranked geographic regions by an index rating that compared them with the national average; the demographic measures included age, gender, household income, race and household size.

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Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest

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The world’s two existing compressed air energy storage plants—one in Alabama, the other in Germany—use man-made salt caverns to store excess electricity. Compressed air energy storage plants can re-generate as much as 80% of the electricity they take in.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Portland General Electric. Southern Company: Alabama Power. Southern Company: Alabama Power. National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO). National Grid. NextGen Climate America. New York State. Orange and Rockland. PPL Electric Utilities. Pacific Gas & Electric. PNM Resources. Puget Sound Energy. North Coast Electric.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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includes Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee, will provide first. Greater Portland. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. effort to develop templates and best practices for permitting AFV refueling. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for. Transportation and. the Environment.

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