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13 environmental groups urge USPS to select plug-ins for next-generation delivery vehicles

Green Car Congress

Half of the prototypes would feature hybrid and new technologies, including alternative fuel capabilities, USPS said at the time. Oregon Environmental Council. Sierra Club. Environment America. Environmental Law and Policy Center. Natural Resource Council of Maine. Natural Resources Defense Council. Plug In America.

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Flash Drive: 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness

Clean Fleet Report

The EPA has rated fuel economy for the 2022 Forester Wilderness at 25 mpg city/28 highway/26 combined, just missing the coveted AWD 30 MPG Club. Clean Fleet Report spent a few hours recently on the loose rocks and gravel, washboard roads and deep ruts of the beautiful Deschutes National Forest in Oregon.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. will become less common over the next 10-years and that a mix of alternative fuel vehicles including electric, biofuel, hydrogen and solar will and is now seeing tremendous market growth. Think has established a U.S.