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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

Green Car Congress

Lane Transit District (LTD) in Oregon has awarded New Flyer a contract for 11 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses, including seven ABB depot chargers to support electric bus infrastructure development. LTD has a longstanding commitment to sustainability.

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Oregon Governor signs Clean Fuels bill

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Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who assumed office in February after the resignation of former Governor John Kitzhaber, has signed into law Oregon’s Clean Fuels legislation ( SB 324 ). The bill removes the 31 December 2015 sunset on the statutes requiring the adoption of clean fuel standards. Earlier post.) —Governor Kate Brown.

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Oregon passes electric-car purchase rebates up to $2,500; new EV fees delayed to 2020

Green Car Reports

It's taken a while, but Oregon will now have a state electric-car purchase incentive that largely matches those in its neighbor to the south, California. First discussed several years ago, the idea of a purchase rebate for cars that plug in hadn't made it through previous legislative sessions.

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2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV: How GM’s only electric car stacks up after 3 years

Green Car Reports

I was riding shotgun in the 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car when a sign loomed up on the left side of the road: “Dismal Nitch.” ” It was a small pull-off and rest area alongside the mighty Columbia River, which divides Washington and Oregon states. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the captions write themselves.

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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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This brief study analyzes, for each individual state, the changes from 2018 to 2020 in the use of coal (one of the two most polluting energy sources) to generate electricity. In 2020, only two states used oil to generate more than 3% of the electricity: 66% in Hawaii and 16% in Alaska.) from coal. West Virginia. West Virginia.

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USTDA, Indonesia partner on NuScale small modular reactor

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Indonesia Power selected Oregon-based NuScale Power OVS, LLC (NuScale) to carry out the assistance in partnership with a subsidiary of Texas-based Fluor Corporation and Japan’s JGC Corporation.

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Daimler Truck North America delivers first electric Freightliner eM2 box trucks – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Daimler Truck North America ( DTNA ) has announced that its electric Freightliner eM2, which went into series production at its Portland, Oregon, facility at the end of last year, is now being distributed to US customers. The Freightliner eM2 has typical ranges of 180 miles for Class 6 and 250 miles for Class 7.