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Daimler Trucks to invest $40 million in Portland engineering center

Baua Electric

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) announced plans to invest more than $40 million in a new electric vehicle engineering facility at its Swan Island headquarters in Portland. Daimler Truck North America is proud to call Portland, Oregon our home,” said John O’Leary, president and CEO, DTNA. “We That’s not the tech that’s gonna win.

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Daimler Truck expands electric truck use in its logistics operations – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is in the process of expanding use of electric trucks to transport components to its manufacturing plants and parts distribution centers (PDCs) in North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Ohio, Michigan and Saltillo, Mexico.

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Mercedes-Benz and BMW to sell car-sharing JV SHARE NOW to Stellantis

Green Car Congress

Portland, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Columbus, Ohio and Austin, Texas. Although Mercedes-Benz will focus more strongly on its core business in the luxury segment, car sharing will remain an important part of urban mobility and an essential element in the mobility offer at FREE NOW.

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First two Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks headed to customers

Green Car Congress

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has built the first two Class 8 battery electric Freightliner eCascadias for customers at its research and development center in Portland. The trucks are part of Freightliner’s Electric Innovation Fleet and built to test the integration of battery electric trucks in to large-scale fleet operations.

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NREL study focuses on growing use and impacts of ride-hailing services at airports

Green Car Congress

In a new study, NREL researchers focused on the key observability aspects of new modes and the rate of shifts in mobility patterns across airports in the regions of San Francisco, Portland, Denver, and Kansas City—all US DOT Smart City Challenge finalists. —Josh Sperling, NREL co-author.

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An Overview of Charging Incentives in Oregon

EV Connect

According to statistics from Portland General Electric, the average annual fuel cost for an electric vehicle is approximately $500, compared to around $1,500 for a gasoline-powered vehicle. Additionally, electric vehicles have fewer moving parts, resulting in reduced maintenance expenses over time.

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World Builders Put Happy Face On Superintelligent AI

Cars That Think

One of the biggest challenges in a World Building competition that asked teams to imagine a positive future with superintelligent AI: Make it plausible. We’re just trying to show futures that are not dystopian, so people have something to work toward.” She sees the contest partly as a way to provide hopeful visions of the future.

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