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Used Car of the Day: 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D

The Truth About Cars

This California-model car is actually based in Eugene, Oregon. The seller says the car has been "impeccably" maintained and that the service records all the way back to the original purchase are available. Once again we're plucking a Mercedes diesel from our forums -- in this case, it's a 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300.

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Oregon To Test Nation's First Per-Mile Road Fee In Lieu Of Gas Taxes

Green Car Reports

As cars get more efficient, their owners spend less money on fuel. That''s because road maintenance is heavily reliant on revenue from gas taxes, and that revenue is shrinking as cars use less fuel--and those that run on grid electricity use none. Green Gas Tax Infrastructure Oregon plug-in cars state laws taxes'

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Hillsboro, Oregon to Install 16 Coulomb Charging Stations

Green Car Congress

The City of Hillsboro, Oregon plans to deploy 16 Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in and electric vehicles. Consumers subscribe to the ChargePoint Network and receive a ChargePoint Smart Card that allows them to charge their car at any charging station worldwide.

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RelayRides launches US-wide peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace; car2go car-sharing expands to new cities

Green Car Congress

Peer-to-peer car sharing service RelayRides is expanding and is now available to car owners and renters nationwide. RelayRides’ model is based on neighbors renting out their cars to fellow neighbors, instead of one that requires ownership and maintenance of a car fleet.

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Researchers to evaluate Oregon’s Ecodriving program

Green Car Congress

A new Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) research project, in partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation, will evaluate the effectiveness of a program to promote “ecodriving,” or fuel-efficient driving. Truxillo is an organizational psychologist, also known as a “work” psychologist.

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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. The silver 2013 Nissan Leaf posted by user sctbke is a sleeper for sure, but an affordable one.

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

Green Car Congress

fuel cost and maintenance) and typically have longer useful lives than conventional vehicles. Plug-in cars and trucks can make good business sense whether you’re a utility or any other business that operates a fleet of vehicles. Plug-in technologies enable significant operational savings (i.e.,

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