Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The $300-million investment will build on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly. Highlights of the National Cycle 2 ZEV Investment Plan include: Charging Infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

Nissan is expanding its successful “No Charge to Charge” promotion, which will provide two years of no-cost public charging with the purchase or lease of a new Nissan LEAF. In total, Nissan will launch “No Charge to Charge” in 25 US markets, which are currently responsible for more than 80 percent of Nissan LEAF sales.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2021

Big trucks have big charging needs. They’re megawatt-level charging needs, when you consider how quickly trucks will need to pack the energy back in and not interrupt their daily, time-is-money business too much. Developed by Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

Electrify America has completed the installation of its first cross-country route, which allows electric vehicle (EV) drivers to travel from coast to coast using the largest open DC fast-charging network in the United States. In 2019 alone, Electrify America opened DC fast-charging stations at an accelerated pace of approximately 1.2

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 30, 2012

Ask most Americans to name the cities with the most public charging stations for electric cars per head of population, and they’ll likely mention Los Angeles and perhaps San Francisco. According to PlugShare (via good.is), however, Portland, Oregon and Dallas, Texas top the list.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2011

Which electric car charging station is the best? And just how are public charging stations getting used? These are just two of the questions Portland State University and Portland General Electric Co. are hoping to answer with a two-year research project into electric car charging stations and their usage.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

ReVolt Technology, LLC, a company that is developing rechargeable zinc-air batteries ( earlier post ), has been approved to receive a package of loans and tax credits from Oregon and Portland authorities totaling approximately $6.8 Charging of metal-air cells converts hydroxyl ions to oxygen in the air electrode, releasing electrons.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

In a new white paper , the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has quantified the gap in charging infrastructure across the 100 most populous US metropolitan areas in the US to power more than 3 million expected electric vehicles by 2025. Planned infrastructure deployment activities are promising, but uneven.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Curbside EV Charging Stations are sprouting in Portland Oregon. Full story here. Hat tip to David W.

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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. This Class 2c-3 electric truck has a range of 100 miles per charge, making it ideal for many urban applications. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2012

Portland, Ore., The charging stations are part of a pilot program sponsored by the Boeing Utilities Services & Conservation group to respond to employee requests for EV charging at work. The stations are a part of Coulomb’s ChargePoint Network, the largest network of independently owned charging stations in the world.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Earlier this month, Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America, which is headquartered in Portland, established a charging testbed for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks.

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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). LEAF performs well because of a good charging infrastructure, a dense urban footprint and congestion. Honolulu, with 26 quick chargers, has one of densest charging grids in the US. Los Angeles. Chicago and Denver (tied).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

Kurihara also announced that the State of Oregon and Portland General Electric (PGE) are joining Mitsubishi in the i MiEV partnership program. PGE is rolling out a network of charging stations across its service territory in Oregon and the addition of i MiEVs further facilitates its support of next-generation electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2017

ReachNow, the mobility services division of the BMW Group, Woodland Park Zoo, and the City of Seattle celebrated the successful installation of the first of 20 Light & Charge electric vehicle (EV) charging locations that will more than double the number of Fast Chargers publicly available in Seattle. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2021

A Portland site is a template for big-rig fast-charging, and open for public use. Biodiesel from beef fat will soon be mass-produced by a Nebraska joint venture. And BYD gives a top-level preview of its third-generation platform for electric vehicles. This and more on Earth Day, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

A white paper by AMPLY Power, a company providing fleet charging as a service, finds that 25 of America’s largest metropolitan areas could save an average of 37% on fuel costs by electrifying their bus and light-duty vehicle fleets. Under San Francisco’s new proposed commercial EV tariff, charging during peak times costs over $0.30/kWh

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 11, 2024

The new addition to Electric Island represents the next phase to accelerate testing and development of charging […] The post Daimler Truck picks Portland for new engineering facility, EVSE training center appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

SPX Service Solutions, a component of the diversified global SPX corporation, is partnering with GM and Daimler for charging stations and installation services for the Chevy Volt; and smart fortwo electric drive and Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-CELL, respectively. more public charging units in cities and states. Certified charge equipment.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 17, 2012

If you plan to get a Nissan Leaf or Mitsubishi i (or already have one), and you live in Portland, Oregon, consider yourself fortunate. The same goes for a handful of places including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and certain corridors in Tennessee, Arizona, and Texas—as well as, perhaps, the Chicago and Detroit areas.

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2021

Daimler and Portland General Electric (PGE) have unveiled today a new ‘first of its kind’ electric truck charging station in Portland, Oregon. more… The post Daimler unveils new ‘first of its kind’ electric truck charging station appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2018

The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), acting through the New York City Transit Authority (NYCT), will launch its electric bus test and evaluation program of five Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses. The program will begin January 2018.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2011

In what we see as a shrewd move to help keep Portland, Oregon at the forefront of the electric-car movement, the city has dedicated a full city block, called Electric Avenue, to electric vehicle charging.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2010

BP is expected to install DC Fast Chargers at select BP and ARCO locations in and around the major pilot markets of The EV Project which include Phoenix (AZ); Tucson (AZ); San Diego (CA); Los Angeles (CA); Portland (OR); Eugene (OR); Salem (OR); Corvallis (OR); Seattle (WA); Nashville (TN); Knoxville (TN); and Chattanooga (TN).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The City of Hillsboro is the first in the State of Oregon to install Coulomb Technologies’ Level II ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in and electric vehicles. The thirteen Level II charging stations are now installed in downtown Hillsboro at their new green intermodal transit facility.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In the area of electric charging or hydrogen refueling infrastructure along important transport routes, Daimler Trucks collaborates with Shell, BP and TotalEnergies. Initial focus will be on charging stations for battery electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles followed by hydrogen fueling stations for fuel cell trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

million awarded by the Department of Energy to Daimler Trucks North America, headquartered in Portland, and $199 million awarded overall by the DOE to fund 25 projects geared toward putting cleaner cars and trucks on America’s roads and improving the nation’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2010

Portland State University (PSU) and its Oregon partners, including Portland General Electric, have been selected by Toyota as one of six groups nationally to demonstrate and evaluate the next-generation Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV). Portland State University will administer the program regionally.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 9, 2012

As Portland, OR gears up for yet another screening of Revenge, local EV'er and filmmaker J Bills recounts the scene at the Portland premiere back in November: Here in Portland, we still talk about the last time Chris Paine rolled through town with a movie; an early screening of 2006’s seminal “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2016

Nissan has expanded its “No Charge to Charge” program to 10 new markets, continuing the push to provide LEAF owners with no-cost public charging. The program offers new LEAF buyers free public charging for the first two years of ownership The 10 new markets are: Charleston, S.C. Portland/Auburn, Ore.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

Lane Transit District (LTD) in Oregon has awarded New Flyer a contract for 11 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses, including seven ABB depot chargers to support electric bus infrastructure development. LTD has a longstanding commitment to sustainability.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 30, 2011

No question about it, Portland, Oregon, is an early-adopter market for electric vehicles, and one of the leading EV markets in the U.S. The Rose City, as it's nicknamed, is already home to the first—and only, with the Vacaville, California charger down—publicly accessible Level 3 quick-charging station in the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

San Diego; Los Angeles; Portland, Ore.; Beginning November 2010, charging stations will be installed at select locations, including several of the Enterprise “hybrid branches” – nearly 100 designated locations which offer hybrids and other environmentally-friendly rental options in 30 different markets. Knoxville and Nashville, Tenn.;

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

The City of Hillsboro, Oregon plans to deploy 16 Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in and electric vehicles. The charging stations will be installed in downtown Hillsboro, including at a new intermodal transit facility to be built in 2009.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Portland, Ore.; On cold days, heated liquid warms the batteries, gradually bringing the system’s temperature to a level that allows it to efficiently accept charge energy and provide enough discharge power for expected vehicle performance. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Seattle; and Washington, D.C.

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Sema Connect

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The PGE Business EV Charging Rebate Program is now open to business customers who install the Series 5 Multifamily, Series 6 Commercial, and Series 7 Fleet EV charging stations. The post EV Charging Rebate Highlight: Portland General Electric appeared first on Smart Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Electrify America LLC announced it will install more than 2,800 workplace and residential charging stations by June 2019 in 17 of the biggest metropolitan areas in the United States. The 2,800 Level 2 charging stations will be located at approximately 500 sites, all with more than one charging station. Earlier post.).

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