EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Oregon is no exception, with various charging incentives available to both businesses looking to install EV charging stations and EV owners. Whether you already own an EV or are considering making the transition, this post will provide valuable information on how to take advantage of charging incentives in Oregon.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

car2go North America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, will add 30 smart fortwo electric drive vehicles (EV) to the car2go Portland, Oregon carsharing network. The EVs will join the 250 smart fortwo cars that were introduced when car2go launched in Portland on 31 March 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Of the 27 proposed sites, 16 are in California, five are in Oregon and six are in Washington. Those highways include Interstates 8, 10, 80, 210 and 710 and state routes 60 and 99 in California; I-84 in Oregon; and I-90 in Washington. An additional 41 sites on other highways that connect to I-5 are being proposed for electrification.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

Last year we opened our first office in North America in Portland, Ore. The Sustainable Terminals Accelerating Regional Transformation (START) project will deploy more than 100 pieces of zero-emission terminal equipment and port drayage trucks in Long Beach, Stockton, and Oakland.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

Portland, Oregon will be the initial launch market for Navistar’s new eStar electric truck. Earlier post.). Navistar also announced its eStar dealer for the Pacific Northwest market: Cascadia International Trucks of Tacoma, Wash.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Lightsource bp, a 50:50 joint venture with bp, unveiled the solar project that will help reduce emissions and support more than 1,000 jobs at EVRAZ’s Pueblo steel mill—the world’s first steel mill to be powered largely by solar energy.

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EV Connect

JULY 26, 2021

To build an accessible and scalable electric vehicle (EV) charging experience for residents, businesses, public agencies, and school districts of East Multnomah County and the Portland area, Portland General Electric (PGE) is providing financial incentives to help bring EV adoption to Oregon.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Electric Island – Daimler Trucks North America and PGE – Portland OR Indeed, the Department of Energy lists only nine fast charging stations in the U.S. The first, a joint developed of utility Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America called Electric Island , opened in 2021 in Portland, Oregon.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2017

Oregon is a state that punches well above its weight in promoting and adopting zero-emission vehicles and plug-in electric cars. Smaller than California, it offers a laboratory where EV makers can try out new programs and experiment with new marketing and charging programs to see how they work.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2013

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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2018

The program introduces leased zero-emission buses and rapid chargers to the NYCT network. The electrical infrastructure is being assembled at Siemens’ Tualatin, Oregon rail electrification facility. Similar New Flyer buses and charging systems are anticipated to follow in Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Boston in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $5 million in grant funding for 4 clean diesel projects at ports in California, Oregon, New Jersey and Texas. The grants are funded through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) and are located in areas where communities need the most help with local air quality.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

has announced an agreement with Clean Energy calling for up to 500,000 gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel for their fleet of 40 LNG trucks based out of their Clackamas, Oregon distribution center. By fueling with Redeem, Fred Meyer is expected to reduce their GHG emissions by 5,328 metric tons annually.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The GM brand will retire the carbon credits to benefit the climate instead of using them to offset the emissions of Chevrolet vehicles or operations. Chevrolet is purchasing carbon credits worth up to $5 million to help 11 colleges in the US pay for energy efficiency-based carbon reductions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Within the West region, they considered California separately because the state’s long-time focus on emissions regulations and electric vehicles makes it an outlier and benchmark for the rest of the country. Four of the areas—Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz—have 20 or more actions in place.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

The technology is currently being tested in a number of North American cities, including Portland, Oregon and Minneapolis, Minnesota. SensoTop has been approved for use with clean diesel engines and does not infringe on EPA emission standards.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2019

They looked at emissions associated with four aspects of each scooter’s life cycle: the production of the materials and components that go into each scooter; the manufacturing process; shipping the scooter from the manufacturer to its city of use; and collecting, charging and redistributing the scooters. Chan et al. —Jeremiah Johnson.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

Velocys plc, a developer of microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) biorefineries, has received a “notice to proceed” action to commence manufacturing the FT reactors and catalyst for the Red Rock Biofuels LLC ( RRB ) biorefinery that will be located in Lakeview, Oregon. Velocys’ role will be as a licensor for its technology to the project.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 26, 2016

A Volkswagen TDI owner in Portland, Oregon, who's a good friend of this site is taking us along for the ride as he prepares to sell back his 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI. The car, which only has 43,000 miles on it, was purchased new from a Portland-area dealer and maintained very well.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6). Georgia has a tax credit worth up to $5,000 for zero-emissions vehicles. Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use. —Erik Gottfried, Nissan director of EV Sales and Marketing.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

and Portland, Oregon. Alaska Air Group estimates the 20% certified biofuel blend it is using for the 75 flights will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 10%, or 134 metric tons, the equivalent of taking 26 cars off the road for a year. Two flights will leave Seattle on 9 Nov. for Washington, D.C.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2009

Oregon-based Diesel Brewing has launched an initiative to manufacture cellulosic biobutanol from biomass and dairy farm manure. Results showed that butanol mixed with diesel can reduce emissions of criteria pollutants. Oregon annually generates more than 20 million tons of renewable biomass, and produces 2.6

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2014

To help guide the effort, investor-owned electric utility CEOs designated Tony Earley, chairman, CEO and president of PG&E Corporation, and Jim Piro, CEO and president of Portland General Electric, as co-chairs of the EEI Electric Transportation Task Force. We encourage other utilities to do the same. Fleets Plug-ins Policy'

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

Ironically, however, the applicability for these vessels would be when they are visiting ports outside of California (such as Portland (OR), and Tacoma and Seattle (WA)) since the major California ports are currently installing grid-supplied shore power capability at all container terminals. Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles, Calif.;

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Markets include California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno); Colorado (Denver); Florida (Orlando, Tampa); New York (Albany, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester); Oregon (Eugene, Portland); Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston); Atlanta; Boston; Detroit; Minneapolis; Philadelphia; St. Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty GHG emission standards. Lightweighting: MSI-ACPT, Maxion Inmagusa, Oregon State University, Strick, Toray. Fleet: Schneider, Walmart.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

The 23-foot gasoline-electric hybrid buses—a size smaller than heavy urban transit buses—are part of a national pilot program to speed commercialization of these vehicles, which are expected to yield 30% to 40% reductions in fuel use with an accompanying 30% reduction in emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Community members in Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina soon expanding to the Triangle region have already agreed to work with RMI’s Project Get Ready. Fuel Economy and GHG Emissions Standards Around the World. Barrier: Not enough cars in the pipeline, OEMs need proof of future consumer demand.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Portland General Electric. DOT will also evaluate applications based on their ability to reduce emissions and collaborate across the public and private sector. University of Oregon. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. National Grid.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Therefore, electrifying them is critical to reducing emissions. He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. Once your total cost of ownership is lower with a zero-emission vehicle, then that’s a spreadsheet decision. It won’t work.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

The pilot is being offered to select Ford Credit customers in California—including Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco; as well as in Portland, Oregon; Chicago and Washington, D.C. Availability of zero-emission Focus Electric vehicles. It runs through November. Earlier post.). One-way trips with guaranteed parking.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Frank didn’t mention anything about the different cities like Portland and San Jose to name a couple who are building the first wave of plug in infrastructure. Doesn’t Frank know we need to start reducing those emissions yesterday?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee. And in Oregon, an advisory group is working on charging stations and related issues. Nissan plans to build the Leaf in Tennessee eventually.).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2017

But to cut carbon emissions in a meaningful way, policymakers will have to look at other types of vehicles as well. When it comes to policy efforts aimed at promoting electric cars, the focus is usually on private passenger vehicles. That includes the thousands of cars and light trucks in the municipal fleets of large cities.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2023

And with the transition now being supercharged by the proposed EPA tailpipe emissions standards , the pothole is quickly getting deeper. Rebecca DeWhitt charges her electric vehicle in the driveway of the Portland, Ore., One company, Atom Power, just might have the solution everyone is looking for. home she rents on 30 September 2022.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. Think has established a U.S.

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