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American made: Building the 2011 Chevrolet Volt

Bailey — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:39:13 +0000

if you ever wondered how Chevy volt is assembled, click on the youtube video to see the entire process collapsed into 1 minute and 55 secs.

Oregon based Motorcycle Company Brammo Takes Preorders for Enertia Plus Electric Bike

Bailey — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:41:24 +0000

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 that will travel 80 miles on one charge, over 60 miles per hour, and should take about 6 hours to fully power up at any electric vehicle (EV) charging station with Level 1 capabilities. By contrast, Brammo’s debut machine, the Enertia, went only 40 miles on a single charge and used 3.2 kWh Valence-branded batteries

RAD Ceiling Mount Bike Hoist

Bailey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:17:58 +0000

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

Help Keep Portland Bike-Friendly

Take the dog for a walk

Bailey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:17:51 +0000

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 free’!.

Read more abou the Bicycle leash here.

National Walk To School Day

Pacific Coast Baseball; Lent Park Development in Portland

pdxwriter — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:01:21 +0000

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 grow in the cracks.

http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2009/05/18/green-brick-parking-and-40-fewer-trees-at-lents-park/

Portland Alternative Energy

pdxwriter — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:40:54 +0000

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 to learn about carrer opportunities in the environmental sector.

http://www.portland-oregon-magazine.com/news/157/ARTICLE/2847/2008-09-17.html

San Francisco and Portland – who will win the electric vehicles race?

pdxwriter — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:45:11 +0000

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 100,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2012 as a result of the recently launched EV program, supported by key businesses and international car and infrastructure companies. Which of them has a better chance to win the race? Read more at thedailygreen.com

Nissan launches a new hybrid car

pdxwriter — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:43:27 +0000

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

GM and Segway team up on innovative electric vehicle

Bailey — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:18:52 +0000

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 think the design is fantastic and very innovative. Its hard to believe that Toyota or Honda didn't develop it. I could really seeing PUMA strongly embraced in countries like Tawian and China where Scooters and bikes rule the streets. Can you imagine such a vehicle in Portland? I think it would be fantastic, but given its size it seems like a dedicated lane would be need for this class of device.

Traffic with time of day added to Google maps Portland

Bailey — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:36:10 +0000

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 day/time" feature which seems to give you average traffic data at the timeframe of your choosing.