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BMW Electric SUV, Natural-Gas Taxes, Portland's Electric Avenue: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, BMW mulls an all-electric SUV, Congress passes fairer tax rules for natural gas, and Portland's Electric Avenue electric-car charging area moves and expands. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We have more information on Toyota's plans to expand California hydrogen fueling infrastructure for the 2016 Mirai.

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Audi Electric SUV Concept, Tesla Model X Spied, Electric Aston Martin: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we have teaser images of the Audi e-tron quattro electric SUV concept set to debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, more spy images of the Tesla Model X, and confirmation that an all-electric version of the Aston Martin Rapide will debut in about two years. Portland International Airport recently.

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Daimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in Torc Robotics; SAE Level 4 trucks for US roads

Green Car Congress

As part of the overall agreements, the Torc team will work closely with Daimler Trucks’ developers, particularly with the Research & Development team of Daimler Trucks North America in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2005, Torc has integrated its self-driving solutions on ground vehicles ranging from SUVs to 300-ton mining trucks.

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Old Nissan Leaf becomes affordable road trip after 160-mile battery upgrade

Teslarati

The Reddit user writes in their post that, when faced with buying a new vehicle , they came across a shop in Portland Oregon called EV Rides that would take older Nissan Leafs and retrofit them with batteries from newer models. Ever since buying it, they cited multiple quality of life benefits over their gas-powered SUV.

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Electric Car Buyer’s Guide: 7 Steps to Find The Best EV for Your Life

EV Life

You may be surprised by the number of sedans, SUV/crossovers, and hatchbacks available. Searching by Body Type or price range may open up surprising options for you like the fact that Hyundai and Kia make some of the best affordable electric SUV crossovers on the market. Pro tip: Try searching by Body Type first rather than brand.

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Legacy Automakers and the Tesla EV Narrative

EV Adoption

Portland-based Chargeway has a beacon display solution designed just for this purpose. 4 to similar-type ICE SUVs. Have a 240 volt outlet on a stand with a mobile connector to show potential buyers how easy it is to add Level 2 charging to their home through the same outlet or wiring that their washer and dryer plug into.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Portland General Electric, Toyota Prius by Hymotion, November 2008 (Portland, OR) Rick Durst Tom Heywood, 2005 Prius, by Galpin Motors Van Nuys, CA, December 2008 (Solana Beach, CA), contact jthomasheywood@yahoo.com 858-805-5779. Yayoi Fox, 2006 Prius, by Green Gear Car Co/Hymotion, November 2008 (Seattle, WA).

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