Navistar, Inc. announced that it will launch it’s new eStar™ truck, the first full-production, purpose-built all-electric truck, in the uber-green, environmentally sustainable city of Portland, Oregon. “Freight and service trucks present the biggest opportunity for real and significant reductions in carbon emissions and pollution, especially in the urban environment,” said Portland Mayor Sam Adams. “Because [...]
Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc., a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced that it has officially signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for a grant of exactly $99.8 million to undertake the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in history.
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Under a layer of snow, the Nation’s first Solar Highway project started feeding clean, renewable energy into the electricity grid Dec. 19, 2008. The 104 kilowatt ground-mounted solar array, situated at the interchange of Interstate 5 — a federally designated Corridor of the Future — and Interstate 205, supplies about one-third of the energy [...]
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Dept. of Energy Grant Helps Ready Markets for Zero Emissions
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced a grant for the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure ever undertaken. Nissan is supporting the lead grant applicant, Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. (eTec), by pledging to make available up to 1,000 Nissan LEAF zero-emission [...]
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