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TriMet puts first Xcelsior CHARGE electric bus into operation; powered by Portland General Electric renewable energy

Green Car Congress

congratulated the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) as it welcomed its first battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit bus. TriMet partnered with Portland General Electric (PGE) to purchase, own, and maintain six ABB chargers and the related infrastructure. New Flyer of America Inc.

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

Green Car Congress

Portland, Oregon will be the initial launch market for Navistar’s new eStar electric truck. When it returns to its home base at the end of the day, it can be plugged in and fully recharged within six to eight hours. Earlier post.).

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New York to test and evaluate 5 New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE electric buses

Green Car Congress

The electrical infrastructure is being assembled at Siemens’ Tualatin, Oregon rail electrification facility. New Flyer also partnered with Black & Veatch, a leader in engineering and construction of complex charging networks for fleets nationwide, to deploy the high-power charging infrastructure both on-route and in the depot.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. Soon they won’t have a choice.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

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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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association / Salem Electric PHEV Escape by Hybrids Plus , Sept 25, 2007, (Salem, Oregon). Austin Energy by Hymotion, March 2007 Same as above (2 vehicles), contact mark.kapner@austinenergy.com. Contact Roger Kuhlman, PE. Full size photo. AutoShare , Prius, Hymotion, September 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada).

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