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Daimler Trucks to invest €500M in highly automated trucks; stepping away from platooning, shooting for L4 automation

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The main location is Daimler Trucks & Buses new Automated Truck Research & Development Center in Portland, Oregon. Level 2 systems now available will be raised to level 4 through innovation and the re-definition of existing systems.

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Two Week Commuting Report

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Two things have definitely made the car more fun to drive. Apparently Dan is the only guy in the Portland area that has a flywheel balancer with a small enough mandrill to fit the 914 flywheel hole (1/2 inch or so). Since I don't work Fridays, this is the end of my second week commuting to work fifteen miles each way.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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Selected projects include: Discovery, Concept Definition, and Early Stage Development. Northwest Energy Innovations (Portland, Oregon) will verify ocean wavelength performance for a new multimode floating point absorber wave energy device. DOE Funding: $240,000. Total Project Value: $337,000. Total Project Value: $4,809,000.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At the time of the press release, I could not find a definitive picture. Portland and San Francisco Battle For Electric Car Domination Chicago Gets First Solar Powered EV Charging Station World’s Top 10 Fastest Electric Cars A Few Pictures of Upcoming Electric Cars: Source [ PhysOrg.com ] Image Credit: Clayton B. About Gas 2.0

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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. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. Duh, heres our $40K volt, buy it please?