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Notes from the road: a guest post from Portland

Revenge of the Electric Car

As Portland, OR gears up for yet another screening of Revenge, local EV'er and filmmaker J Bills recounts the scene at the Portland premiere back in November: Here in Portland, we still talk about the last time Chris Paine rolled through town with a movie; an early screening of 2006’s seminal “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

Green Car Congress

The service also introduced four new mobility services: Ride, Reserve, Share, and Fleet Solutions for residential buildings. The expansion to Brooklyn marks the company’s first expansion beyond the West Coast of the United States; the service currently operates in Seattle and Portland. Today, just under eight months and more than 1.2

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News: VanMoof Expands e-Bike Network to 50 Cities

Clean Fleet Report

VanMoof will add to its worldwide presence, growing from eight to 50 cities, including American cities Los Angeles, CA; Portland, OR; and Washington. VanMoof’s expanded stores will offer sales and service. Cities with brand stores currently include Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Tokyo.

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EnerDel Entering Utility-Scale Energy Storage Market

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EnerDel will build the batteries for five 1MW power systems that will be used by Portland General Electric (PGE) to help manage peak demand and smooth the variations in power from renewable sources. Earlier post.)

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. When we were first starting off at Daimler Truck, trying to find a battery cell supplier that would build us a pack that was good in the truck was difficult. Rustam Kocher: It is. It won’t work.

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EnerDel, ITOCHU Announce Second Smart Grid Battery Storage Project

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US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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World Builders Put Happy Face On Superintelligent AI

Cars That Think

One of the biggest challenges in a World Building competition that asked teams to imagine a positive future with superintelligent AI: Make it plausible. The first, a solo effort by Rebecca Rapple of Portland, Ore.,

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