EV Connect

JULY 26, 2021

To build an accessible and scalable electric vehicle (EV) charging experience for residents, businesses, public agencies, and school districts of East Multnomah County and the Portland area, Portland General Electric (PGE) is providing financial incentives to help bring EV adoption to Oregon.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2023

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) unveiled the series production of the all new, fully electric Freightliner eM2 for urban delivery applications. Built on the best-selling Freightliner M2 106 Plus platform, the Class 6/7 eM2 expands electric transportation to the medium-duty segment.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

million awarded by the Department of Energy to Daimler Trucks North America, headquartered in Portland, and $199 million awarded overall by the DOE to fund 25 projects geared toward putting cleaner cars and trucks on America’s roads and improving the nation’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Uber and Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions worldwide, are expanding their partnership nationwide following a pilot program. The roll-out is expected to follow four phases: os Angeles, Portland and Seattle in January. Phoenix, New York and Boston in February.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has delivered its first battery-electric Freightliner eM2 trucks, after the start of series production of the medium-duty electric vehicles at the end of 2023. The Freightliner eM2, manufactured at DTNA’s plant in Portland, Oregon, has since been distributed to customers across the country.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 30, 2011

No question about it, Portland, Oregon, is an early-adopter market for electric vehicles, and one of the leading EV markets in the U.S. The Rose City, as it's nicknamed, is already home to the first—and only, with the Vacaville, California charger down—publicly accessible Level 3 quick-charging station in the U.S.,

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2021

By Ellen Currey-Wilson As I walk around Portland, Oregon, these days, I see more electric cars on the road, and a fair number of them have female drivers. This is surprising based on what we know about electric vehicle sales in the past. According to a 2021 report from Hedges and Company, in the year […].

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2021

A Portland site is a template for big-rig fast-charging, and open for public use. And BYD gives a top-level preview of its third-generation platform for electric vehicles. Biodiesel from beef fat will soon be mass-produced by a Nebraska joint venture. This and more on Earth Day, here at Green Car Reports.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2021

A new study has revealed that subsidies for electric bikes are more cost-effective than electric vehicle incentives when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2018

Freightliner Trucks premiered two fully electrified commercial vehicles—a Freightliner eCascadia heavy-duty truck and a Freightliner eM2 106 medium-duty truck—during the Daimler Trucks Capital Market and Technology Day in Portland. The eCascadia has up to 730 peak horsepower.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

Portland, Oregon will be the initial launch market for Navistar’s new eStar electric truck. The eStar meets all Federal Motor Vehicles Safety Standards (FMVSS) and Navistar is now taking orders and building these all-electric trucks. Earlier post.). and Modec Limited of the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2011

In what we see as a shrewd move to help keep Portland, Oregon at the forefront of the electric-car movement, the city has dedicated a full city block, called Electric Avenue, to electric vehicle charging.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 25, 2010

The city of Portland in Oregon will soon reap the rewards of a new collaboration between one of its leading utilities and the Ford Motor Company. The car manufacturer has teamed up with Portland General Electric to prepare the city for the operation of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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National Green Transportation

JULY 22, 2010

The Portland Oregon city council voted yesterday to approve policies meant to speed up electric vehicle adoption. This adopts proposals in a report titled "Electric Vehicles: The Portland Way". Oregon is a hotbed of electric.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

Enterprise Rent-A-Car will begin a phased introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) at select offices throughout its neighborhood network of more than 5,000 US locations. In addition to the LEAFs, the company will offer customers electric vehicles from other manufacturers as they become available. and Seattle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2012

Coulomb Technologies announced that The Boeing Company has installed Coulomb’s ChargePoint stations for electric vehicles (EV) on four campuses; Bellevue, Wash., Portland, Ore., Charge Northwest is an advisory company in electric vehicle public charging station infrastructure. El Segundo, Calif. and Mesa, Ariz.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

Electrify America has completed the installation of its first cross-country route, which allows electric vehicle (EV) drivers to travel from coast to coast using the largest open DC fast-charging network in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

ReVolt Technology, LLC, a company that is developing rechargeable zinc-air batteries ( earlier post ), has been approved to receive a package of loans and tax credits from Oregon and Portland authorities totaling approximately $6.8

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

all have battery-electric vehicles in production. But they view the lack of charging infrastructure as a major bottleneck to widespread adoption, noting that most charging-infrastructure pushes so far have focused on light-duty passenger vehicles. capable of serving heavy-duty trucks, The New York Times notes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

Fleet sales of the electric vehicle begin this July in Japan. Kurihara also announced that the State of Oregon and Portland General Electric (PGE) are joining Mitsubishi in the i MiEV partnership program. PGE currently has more than a dozen charging stations up and running. The battery pack of the i MIEV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America has released its National Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan for Cycle 2; Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period that begins in July 2019. Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Vehicle readiness/movement specialists. The list of US and Canadian cities participating are as follows: United States: Bellevue, WA Portland, […]. Parts advisors. Tesla advisors. Operations advisors.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2011

Portland, Oregon wants to be a hub for electric vehicles and early electric-car adopters.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

In a new white paper , the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has quantified the gap in charging infrastructure across the 100 most populous US metropolitan areas in the US to power more than 3 million expected electric vehicles by 2025. Planned infrastructure deployment activities are promising, but uneven.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative , a study commissioned by a collaboration among nine electric utilities and two agencies representing more than two dozen municipal utilities, recommends adding electric vehicle charging for freight haulers and delivery trucks at 50-mile intervals along Interstate 5 and adjoining highways.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

The LTD Board of Directors is now developing ambitious emission reduction goals for its fleet, and the partnership with New Flyer and commitment to investing in electric vehicles is an important part of its carbon reduction strategy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

SPX Service Solutions, a component of the diversified global SPX corporation, is partnering with GM and Daimler for charging stations and installation services for the Chevy Volt; and smart fortwo electric drive and Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-CELL, respectively. That’s really what they did with [Portland’s] Electric Avenue.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2019

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has built the first two Class 8 battery electric Freightliner eCascadias for customers at its research and development center in Portland. The initial customer shipments are the first heavy-duty additions to the 30-vehicle Freightliner Innovation Fleet.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

A new white paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses which policy actions are behind the regional leading markets in the US for electric vehicles. In each region, the authors identified the four leading metropolitan areas with the highest electric vehicle share in each region.

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As electric vehicles (EVs) gain popularity, governments and utility companies are actively encouraging their adoption by offering a range of incentives. We will also discuss the advantages of transitioning to electric vehicles and how these incentives can make the switch more affordable.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

Infrastructure Solutions is also currently overseeing and supporting similar on-route OppCharge charging deployments in Portland, OR, Minneapolis MN, and Vancouver, BC.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2010

Portland State University (PSU) and its Oregon partners, including Portland General Electric, have been selected by Toyota as one of six groups nationally to demonstrate and evaluate the next-generation Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV). Portland State University will administer the program regionally.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The initiative is part of Electrify America’s $2-billion investment in electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and education in the United States over the next 10 years. Earlier post.). The 2,800 Level 2 charging stations will be located at approximately 500 sites, all with more than one charging station.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Portland, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Columbus, Ohio and Austin, Texas. Free2move also recently announced the acquisition of Opel Rent, accelerating its growth strategy in Germany and Austria and pushing the transition from rent to mobility provider. Free2move also operates car sharing in Europe (Paris and Madrid).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

ChargePoint—the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network—released a list of the top 10 friendliest metropolitan areas in the US for EV drivers. Portland, OR. Portland, OR. Seattle, WA. San Diego, CA. San Diego, CA. Austin, TX. Honolulu, HI. Honolulu, HI. Austin, TX. Los Angeles, CA. Detroit, MI.

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Teslarati

JULY 2, 2022

With demand for electric vehicles surging and used prices getting pushed sky high, some may think that the idea of a sub-20,000 dollar EV with more than 70 miles of range is just a fever dream. First off, unlike many other states, Oregon offers a $5000 rebate on electric vehicles (new, used, or converted) for lower-income individuals.

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