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Ford and Portland General Electric Partner to Prepare Region for EVs

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Ford Motor Company and Portland General Electric will collaborate to help prepare the city of Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the operation of electric vehicles. Ford will draw upon PGE’s partnership with Portland State University to further study urban mobility and the integration of energy and sustainable design.

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Plug-in hybrid pollution, solid-state timeline, charging electric trucks: Today’s Car News

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Plug-in hybrids might be polluting a lot more than the emissions-test numbers suggest. Portland is re-upping on the Electric Avenue concept, but for big electric trucks this time. Daimler’s Smart plant sale will enable something that’s not small and not electric.

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Uber urges Portland drivers to lease electric cars

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In the wake of numerous recent PR setbacks, Uber may be able to help clean up its image with the launch of the Uber EV initiative in Portland, which supports the city’s green vision for the future. When you think of electric mobility, California might be the first state to come to mind—but Oregon is not far behind.

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Rocsys to supply autonomous CCS charging solutions to SSA Marine for electric yard tractors at Port of Oakland

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Last year we opened our first office in North America in Portland, Ore. The Rocsys robots use computer vision to navigate the plug to the socket. Rocsys is an international venture-funded company with US operations based out of Portland, Oregon. and built a highly skilled technical team to support our US customers closely.

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Portland's Electric Avenue Relocates, Adds DC Fast Chargers

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It’s already been four years since Portland really charged ahead in its commitment to electric cars with Electric Avenue, a project that designated a city block of parking spots plug-in-only, peppered the block with a variety of charger hardware, and let EV owners have at it.

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EEI encourages utilities to spend at least 5% of fleet acquisition budgets on plug-ins

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The paper encourages investor-owned electric utilities to meet an industry-wide goal to spend at least 5% of annual fleet acquisition budgets on plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and technologies. of the vehicles purchased by electric utilities in the last five years were equipped with plug-in technology. —EEI white paper.

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Federal funds to back Portland storefront for electric-car marketing, pop-up roadshows

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The advocacy group plans to set up a permanent storefront in downtown Portland that will showcase a variety of electric. Department of Energy announced Monday that it would award almost $1 million to Drive Oregon over three years, to fund a regional marketing campaign that will promote the benefits of electric cars to regional consumers.