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Notes from the road: a guest post from Portland

Revenge of the Electric Car

As Portland, OR gears up for yet another screening of Revenge, local EV'er and filmmaker J Bills recounts the scene at the Portland premiere back in November: Here in Portland, we still talk about the last time Chris Paine rolled through town with a movie; an early screening of 2006’s seminal “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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Investigators Outline Critical Questions in Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident

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Investigators have identified several questions as they try to get to the bottom of what caused a part of a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane to be blown out in midflight on Friday, including about how a critical component was installed. The questions also include whether Alaska Airlines, which operated the flight from Portland, Ore.,

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Nissan begins deliveries of LEAF in UK

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Tony Whittaker, Sales Director at Cleaner Air Solutions in Durham, today took delivery of the first of five Nissan LEAFs the company is buying, at the Benfield Motor Group dealership on Portland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says

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It also answers critical questions about why the door plug detached shortly after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland International Airport in Oregon. An event like this must not happen on an airplane that leaves our factory,” he added. “We eliminated other possible reasons for the door plug’s faulty installation.

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Boeing Faces Tricky Balance Between Safety and Financial Performance

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The plug tore away from the Alaska plane shortly after takeoff from Portland, Ore. Federal investigators are focused in part on whether the two pairs of bolts that were supposed to hold the door plug in place on the plane’s body were installed. United Airlines and Alaska, the only two U.S. No bolts have been recovered.

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737 Max Inspections Delayed as Boeing Revises Guidance

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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., Homendy said that the cockpit door was designed to open during a rapid decompression event, but that the crew had not been made aware of that feature of the plane.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Portland General Electric. The partnership will also work to enhance workplace charging efforts at public power utilities, study the impacts of EVs in public power communities, and share insights regarding infrastructure installation and EV interaction with the modern grid. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities.

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