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News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging

Clean Fleet Report

News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging. The pilot program offers mobile charging for free to AAA members in San Francisco, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Orlando, Nashville, Charlotte, Denver, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Avon, Peabody and West Springfield, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, and Bend and Portland, Oregon. Office Plug-Ins.

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BMW Electric SUV, Natural-Gas Taxes, Portland's Electric Avenue: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, BMW mulls an all-electric SUV, Congress passes fairer tax rules for natural gas, and Portland's Electric Avenue electric-car charging area moves and expands. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Congress passes new tax.

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Tesla squeeze, broadband charging, EV education, EPA science: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

The British parent of Virgin Media plans to use Virgin's broadband wiring to build public electric-car charging stations. Electric-car charging info site Chargeway sets up its first installations in Portland, Oregon. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Portland, Oregon, startup Chargeway.

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Daimler, Navistar, Volvo ally for heavy-duty truck charging

Baua Electric

all have battery-electric vehicles in production. Electric Island – Daimler Trucks North America and PGE – Portland OR Indeed, the Department of Energy lists only nine fast charging stations in the U.S. capable of serving heavy-duty trucks, The New York Times notes. But cost may also be an issue.

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Tesla expands Superchargers, Volvo electric car, Uber in Oregon, self-driving updates: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, more Tesla Superchargers coming, news on Volvo's first all-electric car, and what Uber wants its Portland drivers to do. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Volvo will build its first.

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Tesla Model 3 windshield survives intentional rock-throwing attack

Teslarati

Having a heavy projectile land on a vehicle’s windshield, after all, could easily disorient or injure a driver or a car’s passengers. As could be seen in the short clip, a Tesla driver was just going about his business when a man on the side of the road approached the all-electric car while holding a rock.

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I took a 2,200mi electric roadtrip with no prep. It was easy. What’s the big deal?

Electrek

Recently I drove a Tesla Model 3 on an electric roadtrip from Southern California to Portland and back. There are many travelogues and youtube channels that go into deep analyses of efficiency and charging speed, with lots of detail on how exactly to plan an electric roadtrip. It was easy. What’s the big deal?

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