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Navistar First Launching eStar All-Electric Truck Sales in Portland, Oregon

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Portland, Oregon will be the initial launch market for Navistar’s new eStar electric truck. Navistar also announced its eStar dealer for the Pacific Northwest market: Cascadia International Trucks of Tacoma, Wash. Sales of the eStar all-electric vehicle are conducted through a wholly owned Navistar affiliate. Earlier post.).

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Are Electric Cars A Sales Failure, Or Sold Out Due To Demand?

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You see it all over: the meme that "electric cars are a sales failure." Yet California is experiencing shortages of electric cars, with many dealers saying they''ve entirely sold out of plug-in electric cars. Some Nissan dealers in Portland, Oregon, even say the Leaf electric car is now their best-selling passenger car.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Nissan LEAF sales in the United States are up by 335% year-over-year since the launch of the enhanced 2013 model in March. Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6). —Erik Gottfried, Nissan director of EV Sales and Marketing. Top 15 LEAF market year-to-date in 2013.

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Nissan begins deliveries of LEAF in UK

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Tony Whittaker, Sales Director at Cleaner Air Solutions in Durham, today took delivery of the first of five Nissan LEAFs the company is buying, at the Benfield Motor Group dealership on Portland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. Nissan has begun deliveries of the Nissan LEAF battery-electric vehicle to customers in the UK.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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Four of the areas—Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz—have 20 or more actions in place. California and nine other states have adopted a Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulatory program requiring an increasing percentage of new vehicles sales from now through 2025 to be electric-drive. Source: The ICCT.

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Daimler Trucks North America unveils two Freightliner electric vehicle models and Electric Innovation Fleet

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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. —Richard Howard, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Freightliner Trucks.

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ICCT study assesses EV promotion and uptake in top 25 metropolitan areas in US

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of new automobile sales in 2014, about 40% more than the nationwide electric vehicle share. The seven cities with the highest electric vehicle share in 2014—San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, and Riverside—had two to seven times the average US electric vehicle share.