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How to Find EV Incentives in Portland, Oregon EV Incentives: Make Your Investment Even Smarter

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As our country drives toward an all-electric future, businesses everywhere have taken advantage of federal tax credits that can help offset the costs of installing electric vehicle infrastructure and equipment. Here’s how to claim them, and how EV Connect can help you navigate the marketplace and find a money-saving solution for your company.

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Audi introducing V2I Traffic Light Information service in Europe

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In the future, anonymized data from our cars can help to switch traffic lights in cities to better phases and to optimize the traffic flow. —Andre Hainzlmaier, head of Development of Apps, Connected Services and Smart City at Audi. From here, the information reaches the car via a fast Internet connection.

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BMW’s ReachNow installing Light & Charge locations in Seattle; 100 chargers at 20 new public sites

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transforms existing street and parking lot light poles into connected nodes on a smart city network. The system combines high-efficiency LED lighting, EV charging and a sophisticated sensor bus that senses various parameters and connects the site to the cloud. BMW had presented a prototype system in 2014. Earlier post.).

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Daimler Trucks E-Mobility Group starts global initiative for electric-truck charging infrastructure

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The close dialog between the main players is also intended to speed up previously lengthy and complex planning and application processes for network connections. The charging processes of electric fleet vehicles are another key that must be integrated into the operating process. Global electric truck portfolio at Daimler Trucks.

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Rocsys robots help to make EV fleet charging more reliable

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Originally designed with autonomous vehicles in mind, Rocsys’s robotic charging arm has attracted interest from fleet operators. However, widespread adoption of self-driving EVs probably lies pretty far in the future (and doesn’t seem much closer now than it did back in early 2020).

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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The city proposed to deploy three electric self-driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs. These partnerships illustrated the private-sector enthusiasm to help build an inclusive transportation system of the future.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. Soon they won’t have a choice.

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