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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

Green Car Congress

regulation, purchasing incentives), local policy (e.g., charging infrastructure incentives, preferential charging rates), and public charging availability. Four of the areas—Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz—have 20 or more actions in place. Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Visiting Synkromotive and Learning about Deka 9A31s

Open Source Civic EV Kit

It turns out that, up until last year, all the public buses for Oregon and Washington used four Deka group 31 batteries in them. Northwest Battery here in portland highly recommended Discover EV31a-a and FullRiver group 31 batteries over the Dekas as well, but they also cost more. John Wayland uses Odyssey batteries in his EVs.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. To convince me and the general public about purchasing an electric car, there are a lot of challenges to overcome.

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