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2,000 Miles In A VW ID.4 – Our EV Road Trip From Seattle To Santa Cruz

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Taking three days in each direction, the route followed Highway 101 through the winding Oregon and California coastline and the beautiful, towering redwoods, offering both scenic views and EV-specific lessons. In an episode of the VWIDTalk Podcast , Jan breaks down a 2,000-mile round trip from Seattle to Santa Cruz in an 2021 Volkswagen ID.4,

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Tips for Wintertime Off-Road Travel: How to be Best Prepared

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One of our latest wintertime off-road travels was in the high-desert Ochoco National Forest region of central Oregon. Weve waited anywhere from less than one minute to several minutes for connectivity. We drove our 1994 Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear 4x4 van and were one of 12 vehicles. Keep this in mind when using them.

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Report: Incendiary Devices Found At Texas Tesla Showroom

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Three people have been charged in connection with alleged damage or attempted damage of Teslas -- one in South Carolina, one in Colorado, and one in Oregon. Trump has said people caught damaging Tesla property will be treated as domestic terrorists. The minimum penalty, according to the U.S.

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Honda introduces HondaLink connected car system and HondaLink EV

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Honda unveiled HondaLink, a new in-vehicle connectivity system that will debut this fall on the ninth-generation 2013 Honda Accord. Owners of these electric vehicles will have access to applications designed specifically to maintain connectivity to their vehicle.

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U Oregon researchers use machine learning algorithms to provide bicyclists with Green Wave capability; communicating with traffic signals

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A team at the University of Oregon is working to give bicyclists smoother rides by allowing them to communicate with traffic signals via a mobile app. Developed and tested in earlier phases of the project, the app allows cyclists to passively communicate with traffic signals along a busy bike corridor in Eugene, Oregon.

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Nevada deploys first US commercial, grid-connected enhanced geothermal system

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The Desert Peak project follows achievements at two other Energy Department-supported projects focused on demonstrating the commercial viability of EGS: The Calpine demonstration project at The Geysers in Middletown, California and the AltaRock demonstration project at the Newberry Volcano near Bend, Oregon.

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Ocean Power Technologies Signs Stakeholder Agreement for Oregon Wave Energy Project

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has signed a Settlement Agreement (SA) with 11 federal and state agencies and three non-governmental stakeholders for its utility-scale wave power project at Reedsport, Oregon. Manufacturing of the first 150 kW PB150 PowerBuoy is already underway at Oregon Iron Works under its contract with OPT. Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.