Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Schneider’s first Freightliner eCascadia, manufactured by Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), is set to roll off the assembly line at the Portland, Oregon, DTNA plant. Schneider is already familiar with electric vehicle technology, having piloted an eCascadia for six months through Freightliner’s Customer Experience fleet.

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EV Connect

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

As our country drives toward an all-electric future, businesses everywhere have taken advantage of federal tax credits that can help offset the costs of installing electric vehicle infrastructure and equipment. For Portland-based businesses, however, the next step is to take advantage of the Oregon EV incentives at the state and local level.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As in Europe, the lack of a publicly available, nationwide electric charging infrastructure for commercial vehicles in the US, especially for long-haul freight operations, remains one of the biggest barriers for widespread deployment of electric trucks. Initial funding is expected to be approximately $650 million (approx.

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2023

With this new truck, DTNA is extending its lineup for series-built electric vehicles for the North American market, accompanying the Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractor, the electric schoolbus Jouley from Thomas Built Buses and the electric walk-in van platform FCCC MT50e. Together with the eCascadia, the eM2 has clocked up more than 1.5

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 23, 2013

We''ve already asked whether the Tesla Model S sells more units than the equivalent BMW, Audi or Mercedes--and now Nissan is outselling regular vehicles with its Leaf. Not Corollas or Ford Focus countrywide, of course--but apparently every other Nissan vehicle in March, in Portland, Oregon.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

ROC-1 will work with high power DC charging stations that use a CCS-1 charging connector, offering capability to autonomously charge the vehicles from existing charging supply equipment. Drivers will only have to park yard tractors near charging stations versus manually connecting vehicles to the stations.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2017

One of the challenges in getting car shoppers to consider plug-in electric vehicles is the education required. Tesla attacked this problem head on, opening its stores in malls and other sites where potential future buyers could dip their toes in and start to learn about electric cars without being pressured to sign on the line.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2015

For Portlanders, that will soon be a real possibility, as 250 vehicles in its Car2Go fleet will get bike racks. Portland was one of the first U.S. bike bicycle portland Car Sharing car2go youtube Oregon' Would you be more likely to use car-sharing if you could bring your bike along?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

million awarded by the Department of Energy to Daimler Trucks North America, headquartered in Portland, and $199 million awarded overall by the DOE to fund 25 projects geared toward putting cleaner cars and trucks on America’s roads and improving the nation’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has delivered its first battery-electric Freightliner eM2 trucks, after the start of series production of the medium-duty electric vehicles at the end of 2023. The Freightliner eM2, manufactured at DTNA’s plant in Portland, Oregon, has since been distributed to customers across the country.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 28, 2023

These vehicles are being manufactured at DTNA’s truck manufacturing plant in Portland, Oregon. Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has started series production of the Freightliner eM2, a battery electric medium-duty truck designed for pick-up and delivery applications. The first production units in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Uber and Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions worldwide, are expanding their partnership nationwide following a pilot program. The roll-out is expected to follow four phases: os Angeles, Portland and Seattle in January. Phoenix, New York and Boston in February.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 30, 2011

No question about it, Portland, Oregon, is an early-adopter market for electric vehicles, and one of the leading EV markets in the U.S. The Rose City, as it's nicknamed, is already home to the first—and only, with the Vacaville, California charger down—publicly accessible Level 3 quick-charging station in the U.S.,

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2021

By Ellen Currey-Wilson As I walk around Portland, Oregon, these days, I see more electric cars on the road, and a fair number of them have female drivers. This is surprising based on what we know about electric vehicle sales in the past. According to a 2021 report from Hedges and Company, in the year […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

Portland, Oregon will be the initial launch market for Navistar’s new eStar electric truck. The eStar meets all Federal Motor Vehicles Safety Standards (FMVSS) and Navistar is now taking orders and building these all-electric trucks. Sales of the eStar all-electric vehicle are conducted through a wholly owned Navistar affiliate.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2021

A Portland site is a template for big-rig fast-charging, and open for public use. And BYD gives a top-level preview of its third-generation platform for electric vehicles. Biodiesel from beef fat will soon be mass-produced by a Nebraska joint venture. This and more on Earth Day, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2011

In what we see as a shrewd move to help keep Portland, Oregon at the forefront of the electric-car movement, the city has dedicated a full city block, called Electric Avenue, to electric vehicle charging.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The 2021 Toyota Mirai I drove a few weeks ago adds to the hydrogen conundrum of the past several years—that there can exist some truly great-driving vehicles available in a small region in only one state. As the Mirai was heading away from Portland on a truck, in search of more. Yes, California and its 44 or so hydrogen stations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2021

An Audi-first in-vehicle technology, TLI communicates between vehicles and traffic signals to provide Time to Green, Green Light Optimized Speed Advisories and can help drivers minimize stop-and-go driving. Audi first brought Traffic Light Information (TLI) to production vehicles in 2016, with just a handful of connected signals.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Vehicle readiness/movement specialists. The list of US and Canadian cities participating are as follows: United States: Bellevue, WA Portland, […]. Positions Tesla is hiring for include: Service technicians. Service advisors. Parts advisors. Tesla advisors. Operations advisors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2018

INRIX launched a new platform that provides the foundation for cities and road authorities to communicate with operators for safe and effective deployment of highly automated vehicles (HAVs) on public roads. Self-driving vehicles are stimulating conversations globally, but they are in fact a very local challenge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2021

A new study has revealed that subsidies for electric bikes are more cost-effective than electric vehicle incentives when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars.

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Baua Electric

MAY 20, 2023

operates 157 used-vehicle-only dealerships around the south central pocket of the U.S. In Might 2022, Vroom introduced that it could pivot from rising its gross sales quantity to rather paintings on lowering its money burn and using up its per-vehicle earnings. and Portland, Ore. EchoPark, of Charlotte, N.C.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission approved the Clean Trucks Rule, which adopts California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Rule and Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Omnibus rules (HD Omnibus) for Oregon. Five other states—Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Washington—are considering taking similar action.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 25, 2010

The city of Portland in Oregon will soon reap the rewards of a new collaboration between one of its leading utilities and the Ford Motor Company. The car manufacturer has teamed up with Portland General Electric to prepare the city for the operation of electric vehicles.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Daimler Truck North America’s Mexico division has delivered the first of two Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks, manufactured at the company’s facilities in Portland, Oregon, to cargo transport company Transportes Esteban. The vehicle will be used in plant operations at Daimler Truck Mexico’s truck manufacturing plant in Santiago.

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National Green Transportation

JULY 22, 2010

The Portland Oregon city council voted yesterday to approve policies meant to speed up electric vehicle adoption. This adopts proposals in a report titled "Electric Vehicles: The Portland Way". Oregon is a hotbed of electric.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2018

Freightliner Trucks premiered two fully electrified commercial vehicles—a Freightliner eCascadia heavy-duty truck and a Freightliner eM2 106 medium-duty truck—during the Daimler Trucks Capital Market and Technology Day in Portland. The eCascadia has up to 730 peak horsepower. The Freightliner eCascadia with 80,000 lb.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

ReVolt Technology, LLC, a company that is developing rechargeable zinc-air batteries ( earlier post ), has been approved to receive a package of loans and tax credits from Oregon and Portland authorities totaling approximately $6.8 When fully depleted, the batteries degrade into environmentally-benign compounds.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

all have battery-electric vehicles in production. But they view the lack of charging infrastructure as a major bottleneck to widespread adoption, noting that most charging-infrastructure pushes so far have focused on light-duty passenger vehicles. capable of serving heavy-duty trucks, The New York Times notes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

Fleet sales of the electric vehicle begin this July in Japan. Kurihara also announced that the State of Oregon and Portland General Electric (PGE) are joining Mitsubishi in the i MiEV partnership program. PGE currently has more than a dozen charging stations up and running. The battery pack of the i MIEV. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

Electrify America has completed the installation of its first cross-country route, which allows electric vehicle (EV) drivers to travel from coast to coast using the largest open DC fast-charging network in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Daimler Trucks has dozens of years of experience in testing and validating the durability, reliability and safety of commercial vehicles around the world. All safety drivers hold commercial driver’s licenses and are specially trained in vehicle dynamics and automated systems. and in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MARCH 29, 2008

I spent over seven hours on my feet at the Portland Better Living Show displaying the 914. This is one of the prime candidates for the open-source vehicle conversion kit I'd like to work on, so there's lots of information to leverage. Yesterday was a long day.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America has released its National Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan for Cycle 2; Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period that begins in July 2019. Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC.

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