Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

Ford plug-in hybrid owners are operating in electric mode nearly 60% of the time, according to new aggregate data collected from Ford’s MyFord Mobile app. Among the various features, drivers can log in at any time to check the current state of charge of the advanced lithium-ion battery pack. Average charge time is 185 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2010

a partner in The EV Project, will install ECOtality’s Blink electric vehicle (EV) DC Fast Chargers (480 volt 3-Phase AC input)—unveiled at the Business of Plugging In 2010 conference—at 45 BP and ARCO locations. BP Products North America Inc., The project is funded with a $114.8

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The City of Hillsboro is the first in the State of Oregon to install Coulomb Technologies’ Level II ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in and electric vehicles. The thirteen Level II charging stations are now installed in downtown Hillsboro at their new green intermodal transit facility.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Plug-in hybrids might be polluting a lot more than the emissions-test numbers suggest. Portland is re-upping on the Electric Avenue concept, but for big electric trucks this time. Daimler’s Smart plant sale will enable something that’s not small and not electric.

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Pollution Plug-in Plug Portland 126

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2010

Portland State University (PSU) and its Oregon partners, including Portland General Electric, have been selected by Toyota as one of six groups nationally to demonstrate and evaluate the next-generation Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV). Portland State University will administer the program regionally.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

SPX Service Solutions, a component of the diversified global SPX corporation, is partnering with GM and Daimler for charging stations and installation services for the Chevy Volt; and smart fortwo electric drive and Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-CELL, respectively. more public charging units in cities and states. Update building codes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

charging infrastructure incentives, preferential charging rates), and public charging availability. charging infrastructure incentives, preferential charging rates), and public charging availability. The assessment includes promotion actions by state policy (e.g., Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

The City of Hillsboro, Oregon plans to deploy 16 Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in and electric vehicles. The charging stations will be installed in downtown Hillsboro, including at a new intermodal transit facility to be built in 2009.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Electrify America LLC announced it will install more than 2,800 workplace and residential charging stations by June 2019 in 17 of the biggest metropolitan areas in the United States. The 2,800 Level 2 charging stations will be located at approximately 500 sites, all with more than one charging station. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The case studies detail the early experiences of four US locations on the leading edge of home-charging implementation. Among the case studies is a detailed account of the state of Oregon’s path to plugging in. The case study includes Oregon’s step-by-step process for permitting, installation and inspection of home charging equipment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Kia Motors America (KMA) is continuing its progressive launch of the Soul EV and adding to the electric vehicle ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest with 20 Soul EV-certified dealers and a charging network. This fast charger can charge the Soul EV’s battery from empty to 80% in about 33 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Maven will leverage Austin’s Plug-in EVerywhere network of EV chargers, including Electric Drive, Austin’s downtown smart mobility showcase complete with a DC Fast Charger and solar kiosk. Maven will provide charging for Maven Gig drivers for a limited time through the Austin Energy Plug-In EVerywhere and EVgo networks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) was recently named the exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for The EV Project ( earlier post ), a large-scale study of electric vehicle (EV) charging station infrastructure. to test and certify eTec’s vehicle charging stations that will be used in the project.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Automakers, electric vehicle charging networks and other stakeholders have joined together to create the ROEV Association (ROEV), a neutral collaboration of industry stakeholders designed to support EV adoption by facilitating public charging network interoperability. Driving an EV will be easier thanks to ROEV.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 31, 2015

It’s already been four years since Portland really charged ahead in its commitment to electric cars with Electric Avenue, a project that designated a city block of parking spots plug-in-only, peppered the block with a variety of charger hardware, and let EV owners have at it.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

There are multiple interesting aspects to the vehicle, including GM’s rationale for offering fast charging as an option (it’s not to go across country), but one of the most manifest when driving the car (aside from the “Wheee!” of those 400 lb-ft in action) is how smooth and quiet the drive is. That results in actual torque. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

In the initial phase, the aim is to install nearly 100 DC Fast charging ports across both coasts, with plans to expand the program to increase access to fast charging across the country. These newly installed DC Fast chargers will be added to the growing ChargePoint network of more than 20,000 charging spots in North America.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Electric vehicle (EV) drivers can now travel the most heavily-trafficked corridors on the East and West Coasts of the United States with the installation of 95 new DC Fast charging stations as part of the Express Charging Corridors Initiative—a collaboration of BMW of North America, Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging. Roadside Assistance Now Includes EV Charging. Members of the American Automobile Association , more commonly known as AAA, can now get an emergency EV charge in 14 cities. Charging that comes to you. This isn’t the first time AAA has experimented with mobile charging.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. Installing charging infrastructure (approximately $250 million); Public Education initiatives (approximately $25 million); and. billion commitment will be spent in $300 million increments over four 30-month cycles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Accelerating Alternatives for Minnesota Drivers project will provide safety and technical assistance and training related to Plug-in Vehicle (PEV) and natural gas fueling infrastructure; establish the Minnesota Natural Gas. Greater Portland. Projects include: AWARD TABLE. Project lead. Description. American Lung. Association in.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Participants will receive the latest news about the company’s zero-emission activities as well as information about Nissan LEAF and how to become plug-in ready. Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Nissan North America, Inc. will begin taking reservations for LEAF in spring 2010. Earlier post.). Tucson, Ariz.;

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2015

EV promotion actions, charging infrastructure, and EV share of new vehicles in 2014 in the 25 most populous US metropolitan areas. San Francisco exhibits the most electric vehicle promotion actions and the highest share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric. The colors link cities that are in the same region of the country.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. 46 organizations have signed on to the principles so far.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 19, 2015

When it comes to electric-car charging, speed is typically as important as availability. Installing more charging stations is important, but it's generally thought that they need to charge a car as quickly as possible, to lessen any inconvenience to owners. DON'T MISS: Portland's.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As part of its ongoing commitment to the growth of a robust public DC Fast charging infrastructure, BMW is supporting EVgo’s installation of an incremental 500 DC Fast Combo chargers, to benefit BMW i3 customers and all EV drivers in the US with DC Fast Combo charging capability. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2017

Sometimes it's applied to the challenge of electric-car charging stations: which comes first, sales of the cars or installation of public charging to support them? It's an old cliche used to indicate an unsolvable problem: which came first, the chicken or the egg? Well, Jeff Allen isn't having any of it.

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EV Match

JUNE 28, 2023

Federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as local utility companies, are offering funding to help ramp up the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country. Read on to learn whether or not your Oregon EV charging project qualifies for the ODOT Community Charging Rebate, and how to apply.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Things have been nuts this week, but I did get a chance to see the Nissan Leaf come to Portland today. Here's the requisite photo op with the Leaf showing the charging plugs at the front of the car. It arrived at OMSI this morning and the OEVA got a private session with the Leaf this afternoon.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2016

And those officials do everything from expanding charging infrastructure to implementing incentives like. Since modern electric cars went on sale in volume five years ago, some cities have been more eager to promote them than others.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 6, 2007

I also took this evening to finish up the wiring for the external charging outlet on the front fender of the car. This means I don't have to open the hood to charge the car. In preparation for EV awareness day in Portland this coming weekend, I plan to label all the components so I can better explain things to interested people.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Electric Island project, a collaboration between Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric, will be a test bed for all kinds of heavy-duty EV charging solutions. However, when it comes to charging infrastructure, there are still a lot of questions to be answered. Electric trucks are finally starting to roll.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Mitsubishi’s North American-spec i-MiEV battery electric vehicle ( earlier post )—available in either an ES base model or upgrade SE trim package —will be available to test drive at US dealerships beginning in November 2011 with the first scheduled customer vehicle deliveries set to commence in early 2012. Background.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

A couple weeks ago, I read about the Rocky Mountain Institute’s gathering of EV interests in Portland for “Smart Garage.&# This pretty much says it all: “The key Smart Garage technologies — batteries, PHEVs, charge stations, communications technologies — are ready. is where I feel Plug In America should be involved.

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