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Building of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt in 1 minutes and 55 secs.

The Enertia Plus, is Brammo’s fifth and latest electric motorcylce and is set for delivery in 2011. The Enertia Plus’ suggested retail price is $8,995 and comes stock with a 6.0 kWh Brammo Power Lithium Ion battery pack.
According to the company’s chief executive Craig Bramscher, the Enertia Plus is a zero-emissions motorcycle [...]

Lift heavy bikes up to 55lbs capacity. Hooks are designed with a rubber coating to protect your bicycle from scratches.

I saw the Walky Dog Hands Free Bicycle Leash on amazon this morning and thought some of you might find it interesting. It should be especially handy if you tend to take your dog along during treks around PDX. It also includes a 5 LED helmet light so that you can go ‘hands [...]

Development of Lent Park Minor league base ball teams stadium is on going. Parking being a driving factor.  Current ideas look to merge the parking with exisiting parking of Portland School system that is currently strapped for cash.  Additonnally, any new parking will include the use of "green bricks" which absorbs water and allows grass to [...]

As President Obama's stimulus package starts to kick and as we await the passing of the Climate change bill, a recent article from the Portland Oregon On line magazine tries to help guide people to find jobs in this emerging market.  The 2008 article is still relevant and promotes Brown Mackie Univeristy as a source [...]

San Francisco has declared war for electric vehicles (EV) on the ultra-green city of Oregon. Oregon has so far the highest concentration of hybrid cars in the US and is also working on building an infrastructure and testing grounds for new plug-in electric vehicles. San Francisco, however, announced that they expect to have more than [...]

Nissan after moving into its new headquarters has rolled out a new Hybrid car. Nissan is expected to get a boost from the interest of the governments around the world due to the addition of the tougher emissions regulations which will directly help increase the market share of such cars.Read more at:http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/business-27/1249210795296560.xml&storylist=business&thispage=2

This has been an exciting week in the area of personal, electric transportation. "General Motors Corp. is teaming with Segway Inc., maker of the upright, self-balancing scooters, to build a new type of two-wheeled vehicle designed to move easily through congested urban streets."  The name of the project is PUMA, Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility.
Personally, [...]

I wanted to share an email from Scott regardging Google map updates for the Portland area.
Scotto wrote: Did you notice that in the past week Google Maps Traffic for Portland has been extended to include more minor highways? So far this feature has not appeared on my 3G iPhone.
Also there is a "traffic at [...]