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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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Electric Island – Daimler Trucks North America and PGE – Portland OR Indeed, the Department of Energy lists only nine fast charging stations in the U.S. The first, a joint developed of utility Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America called Electric Island , opened in 2021 in Portland, Oregon.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2013

A new Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) research project, in partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation, will evaluate the effectiveness of a program to promote “ecodriving,” or fuel-efficient driving. Truxillo is an organizational psychologist, also known as a “work” psychologist.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2014

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) released a white paper, “ Transportation Electrification: Utility Fleets Leading the Charge ,” that focuses on the electric power industry’s effort to accelerate the expansion of electric transportation in commercial and retail markets, beginning with electric utility fleets. —EEI white paper.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2018

The program introduces leased zero-emission buses and rapid chargers to the NYCT network. The electrical infrastructure is being assembled at Siemens’ Tualatin, Oregon rail electrification facility. Similar New Flyer buses and charging systems are anticipated to follow in Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Boston in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

has announced an agreement with Clean Energy calling for up to 500,000 gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel for their fleet of 40 LNG trucks based out of their Clackamas, Oregon distribution center. By fueling with Redeem, Fred Meyer is expected to reduce their GHG emissions by 5,328 metric tons annually.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding approximately 5,000 additional gas/electric hybrids to its nationwide fleet and designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as “hybrid branches.” Enterprise, National and Alamo customers can offset the CO 2 emissions of their rental cars by opting to pay $1.25

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Within the West region, they considered California separately because the state’s long-time focus on emissions regulations and electric vehicles makes it an outlier and benchmark for the rest of the country. Four of the areas—Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz—have 20 or more actions in place.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6). Georgia has a tax credit worth up to $5,000 for zero-emissions vehicles. Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use. The New York market also benefits from sales of small EV fleets, including the NY Department of Sanitation.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

and Portland, Oregon. Alaska Air Group estimates the 20% certified biofuel blend it is using for the 75 flights will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 10%, or 134 metric tons, the equivalent of taking 26 cars off the road for a year. Two flights will leave Seattle on 9 Nov. for Washington, D.C.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

The 23-foot gasoline-electric hybrid buses—a size smaller than heavy urban transit buses—are part of a national pilot program to speed commercialization of these vehicles, which are expected to yield 30% to 40% reductions in fuel use with an accompanying 30% reduction in emissions. Tags: Fleets Hybrids.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

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. Therefore, electrifying them is critical to reducing emissions. Lots of fleets will be placing orders for heavy-duty EVs over the next few years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty GHG emission standards. Fleet: Schneider, Walmart. Lightweighting: MSI-ACPT, Maxion Inmagusa, Oregon State University, Strick, Toray.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Portland General Electric. DOT will also evaluate applications based on their ability to reduce emissions and collaborate across the public and private sector. Expanding the EV fleet. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. National Grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Community members in Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina soon expanding to the Triangle region have already agreed to work with RMI’s Project Get Ready. Fuel Economy and GHG Emissions Standards Around the World. Barrier: Not enough cars in the pipeline, OEMs need proof of future consumer demand.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2017

But to cut carbon emissions in a meaningful way, policymakers will have to look at other types of vehicles as well. That includes the thousands of cars and light trucks in the municipal fleets of large cities. When it comes to policy efforts aimed at promoting electric cars, the focus is usually on private passenger vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

The pilot is being offered to select Ford Credit customers in California—including Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco; as well as in Portland, Oregon; Chicago and Washington, D.C. The service offers customers flexible, practical and affordable access to a fleet of cars for one-way journeys with easy parking throughout London.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

On the positive side, the current regulatory situation has resulted in a high likelihood of enthusiastic participation by the container fleets, especially those that have vessel traffic to/from California ports. Portland, Ore.; In addition, switching to grid-based power doesn’t eliminate emissions. Los Angeles, Calif.;

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee. And in Oregon, an advisory group is working on charging stations and related issues. Nissan plans to build the Leaf in Tennessee eventually.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

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. Think has established a U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. Equip those cars with electric motors, and fuel costs drop to $400 a year and emissions are reduced to about 1.5

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