Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Employees with chargers at their workplace are six times more likely to drive a plug-in electric vehicle than the average worker, and chargers located at the workplace can potentially double an electric vehicle owner’s daily driving range. Earlier post.). Joining Electrify America in this initiative are SemaConnect, EV Connect and Greenlots.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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. Charging that comes to you.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Boeing said on Wednesday that it would not provide a full-year financial forecast, the clearest indication yet that the company is trying to assure customers that it is prioritizing safety amid growing concerns about its popular 737 Max jets. has not yet certified. Boeing had been hoping the F.A.A. Boeing had been hoping the F.A.A.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

Ford plug-in hybrid owners are operating in electric mode nearly 60% of the time, according to new aggregate data collected from Ford’s MyFord Mobile app. The top five most active regions for charge station searches are San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and the northeast corridor. More daily total miles. More daily trips.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The panel, known as a door plug, was opened to repair damaged rivets on the plane’s fuselage, according to Boeing’s records. The report did not say who removed the bolts keeping the door plug in place. provided a photograph of the door plug after it was reinstalled but before the interior was restored. As evidence, the N.T.S.B.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration said the company would change the instructions it had released on Monday based on feedback, but the agency did not provide more details. had said that it would require inspections of the planes after one such panel was blown out during an Alaska Airlines flight that had taken off from Portland, Ore.,

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

Less than four weeks after a hole blew open on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet during a flight, company executives face a thorny question: Should they emphasize safety or financial performance? The plug tore away from the Alaska plane shortly after takeoff from Portland, Ore. With the Jan. With the Jan. Lately, Boeing appoints C.E.O.s

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Portland, Ore.; Portland, Ore.; Ford will also be introducing the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid—also to be built at Michigan Assembly— for sale in the second half of next year. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Seattle; and Washington, D.C.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

For example, the tool can demonstrate how operating an electric vehicle in Portland, Ore., Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans. has different environmental ramifications from operating one in Philadelphia. in 2008 to 53.7%

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EV Match

JUNE 28, 2023

Federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as local utility companies, are offering funding to help ramp up the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country. ” non-priority communities A minimum of 70% of funding will be invested in projects within rural and disadvantaged communities (DACs).”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Beyond the founders, several new companies have already joined the Association, including Efacec, Portland General Electric, SemaConnect, and BTC Power. ROEV membership is available to all EV automakers, EV charging networks, EV charging station manufacturers, other EV charging technology companies and electric utilities in the US.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The company also provides one of the charging stations on Portland’s “Electric Avenue” SPX Services works on EV projects with utility companies, cities and other organizations, and is an automotive diagnostics supplier to OEMs globally. That’s really what they did with [Portland’s] Electric Avenue.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Dayton Power & Light Company. Duke Energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Nearly 22,000 people in North America have contacted Nissan since the company unveiled the car in August. Participants will receive the latest news about the company’s zero-emission activities as well as information about Nissan LEAF and how to become plug-in ready. Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Nissan North America, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. Once UL-certified, Level Two plug-in systems will be installed in homes of the electric vehicles owners for overnight charging, as well as in many publicly accessible areas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

All three companies are making a significant investment to achieve the goal of nearly 100 fast charging ports by the end of 2015. and on the west coast covering and connecting the metropolitan areas of Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Public fast charging in the US.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Some auto companies have incorporated car sharing elements into their new business enterprises. Some small players were gobbled up by bigger companies. The success of one-way car sharing services is prompting more companies to consider offering this service model. Some big players have jumped in and then retreated.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Commercial EVs have been on the job for years now, at dozens of companies, in just about every conceivable use case, and they’ve proven that they can do the job better, quieter, more safely and above all, cheaper. Rustam Kocher: I think it’s going to be an issue for any company that has a large battery pack.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As Rocsys co-founder and CEO Crijn Bouman pointed out, “It doesn’t make sense to have to manually plug it in while the vehicle can just park itself.” The company is steadily signing up customers as it moves toward serial production. What kind of problems is it solving in each use case? Crijn Bouman: Yeah.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

Featuring a GM-developed 105 kW electric motor that pushes out 400 lb-ft (542 N·m) of torque and a 21 kWh pack that supports an estimated 82-mile (132 km) range, the Spark EV is a speedy (0-60 mph in 7.6 of those 400 lb-ft in action) is how smooth and quiet the drive is. That results in actual torque. Click to enlarge.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

JULY 31, 2008

The bus companies were very frustrated because the batteries kept dying after 10-12 months of operation. Synkromotive worked with these companies and found out that the Deka batteries only have a 12 month warranty and only have 150 full discharge cycles of lifetime. John Wayland uses Odyssey batteries in his EVs. I love this town.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

A couple weeks ago, I read about the Rocky Mountain Institute’s gathering of EV interests in Portland for “Smart Garage.&# Success depends on aligning a diverse array of companies on the vision, and ultimately engaging customers on the dramatic benefits it can have in their daily lives.”. Amory Lovins.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 19, 2021

4 as part of the company’s “ID.4 While responding to both questions you could almost feel the VW staffer (not an actual VW employee but an employee of an events company subcontractor to VW) roll his eyes and that he was tired of answering these and similar Tesla-centric questions. Volkswagen ID.4 4 Experience Roadshow.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Electric Island project, a collaboration between Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric, will be a test bed for all kinds of heavy-duty EV charging solutions. Portland General Electric (PGE) is Oregon’s largest electric utility, serving approximately 900,000 customers in 51 cities.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. You can see a general overview of PHEVs at All About Plug-In Hybrids (that page needs an update!). Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. In nearby Silicon Valley, companies are ordering workplace charging stations in the belief that their employees will be first in line when electric cars begin arriving in showrooms. February 15, 2010.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2023

When IEEE Spectrum’s editor in chief, Harry Goldstein, needed to replace his 2008 Honda Fit in October 2020, he thought seriously about buying an electric vehicle. Two obstacles stood in his way. One was affordability. Even without a son soon to be entering college, the premium prices of EVs were a turnoff. Consumer surveys from J.D.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Mitsubishi’s North American-spec i-MiEV battery electric vehicle ( earlier post )—available in either an ES base model or upgrade SE trim package —will be available to test drive at US dealerships beginning in November 2011 with the first scheduled customer vehicle deliveries set to commence in early 2012. Background.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 15, 2010

The Toronto Mayor jumped from an all electric Mitsubishi to a plug in hybrid Fitzker positively on fire for them both. Like Portland, like Paris, like Tel Aviv, like Tokyo, like Los Angeles, like Copenhagen, like Hawaii! And how about Renault, arguably the biggest car company at play in this arena. one point for cars).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

said the investigation stemmed from the loss of a fuselage panel of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines shortly after it took off on Friday from Portland, Ore., The plane returned to Portland for an emergency landing. said that after the Portland incident, it was notified of additional issues with other Max 9 planes.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

The employees opened the panel, known as a door plug, because work needed to be done to its rivets — which are often used to join and secure parts on planes — said the person, who asked for anonymity because the person isn’t authorized to speak publicly while the National Transportation Safety Board conducts an investigation.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The Norwegian company just last week met with Gov. Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. Think Global was formerly known as Think City, a prior Ford Motor Company ( F ) acquisition and part of a now-defunct Think division at Ford. market b y the end of 2009.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 7, 2024

The plane landed safely, but the event, on a flight from Portland, Ore., The plane landed safely, but the event, on a flight from Portland, Ore., Federal authorities focused attention on a mid-cabin door plug, which is used to fill the space where an emergency exit would be placed if the plane were configured with more seats.

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