electric cars

The future: EV chargers at apartments

Written February 12th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 28 responses.

The planned conversion to electric vehicles in the next generation will require a lot of places to charge car batteries. So I was interested to see a newly installed charger at The Banks, the 120-unit apartment complex nearing completion at 595 Geary St. N.E.

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Tags: 2035, apartments, electric cars, EV chargers, EV charging, Level 2 chargers, tenants

Albany set to add EV stations downtown

Written May 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Pacific Power has offered to give the Albany urban renewal district (CARA) $63,548 to set up public charging stations for electric vehicles downtown.

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Tags: C2 Group, CARA, charging stations, downtown EV chargers, electric cars, Pacific Power

Drive electrics — or else?

Written October 28th, 2013 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

Gov. John Kitzhaber has announced that Oregon is joining California and six eastern states including New York in a “new initiative to put 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025.” If this is such a great idea, why does it take government schemes to drive it forward?.

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Tags: electric cars, Gov. Kitzhaber, zero-emission vehicles