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Ford and Portland General Electric Partner to Prepare Region for EVs

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Ford Motor Company and Portland General Electric will collaborate to help prepare the city of Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the operation of electric vehicles. Ford will draw upon PGE’s partnership with Portland State University to further study urban mobility and the integration of energy and sustainable design.

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UC Riverside team developing nav system that uses signals of opportunity; support for autonomous vehicles

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A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a highly reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, rather than the Global Positioning System (GPS). in September. hackable).

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Portland General Electric. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York).

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RMI Launches Project Get Ready to Help Communities Prepare for Plug-ins

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Project Get Ready will collaborate with targeted communities that have started convening local players to develop and implement plug-in adoption plans, utilizing what RMI calls its “ universally recognized convening power ”, as well as technical analysis. Barrier: Not enough cars in the pipeline, OEMs need proof of future consumer demand.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Other components, due to regulatory or economic barriers, may not be commercially viable in the near future. Lightweighting: MSI-ACPT, Maxion Inmagusa, Oregon State University, Strick, Toray.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Greater Portland. increasing the future infrastructure to meet demand; incorporating. University, North. University of Central. Indiana, will work to make existing municipal fueling stations available to. other fleets; create vehicle conversion inspection criteria; and train and. Council of. Governments. 500,000.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Different types of non-ownership alternatives promise to be the way of the future. as well as 600 universities throughout the country. ReachNow is starting to ramp up in Portland, Seattle, Brooklyn and other cities, but ultimately decided to join forces with Daimler’s Car2Go. However, the company pulled the plug on U.S.

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