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Chevrolet purchasing and retiring up to $5M in carbon credits to help 11 colleges pay for efficiency projects

Green Car Congress

Chevrolet is purchasing carbon credits worth up to $5 million to help 11 colleges in the US pay for energy efficiency-based carbon reductions. The GM brand will retire the carbon credits to benefit the climate instead of using them to offset the emissions of Chevrolet vehicles or operations.

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

Green Car Congress

The zero-emission bus purchase was supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No- Emission funding. Since then, LTD hired a Sustainability Program Manager and conducted carbon footprint analysis of its operations to measure the impacts and benefits of public transit on climate change.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. Department of Energy has purchased an F3DM to take the battery apart. Ted Kulongoski arrived to test-drive an electric car and urge the company to import through the port of Portland.

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Announcing our Partnership with Wallbox

EV Match

saw a nearly 69% increase in the purchase of plug-in vehicles between February 2021 and February 2022. Charli Charging (Portland-based). Together, we will increase charging accessibility and choice for EV drivers all over the U.S. . Read below to learn how! A Charging Conundrum. Arcos Energy (Aspen, CO-based). More to come!

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. To convince me and the general public about purchasing an electric car, there are a lot of challenges to overcome.

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