West Coast Green Highway – an initiative to advance the adoption and use of electric and alternative-fuel vehicles along the I-5 corridor – featured Shorepower as one of three charging station manufacturers on their resources page.

Sunpluggers.com, the solar home and business journal, featured an article about the recent Plug-In 2010 show in San Jose. A Shorepower EV charging station can be seen in one of the photos.

“Even amid the new rollouts from the big automakers, smaller startups got plenty of attention. The three-wheeled, pure-electric Arcimoto Pulse and the Barefoot Motors electric ATV were irresistible to many visitors. The exhibit sponsored by Drive Oregon, a nonprofit coalition of Oregon clean-technology companies, also featured the Shorepower Technologies charging station.”

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Sustainable Business Oregon featured a story about the unveiling of a solar-powered canopy at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). The canopy features a Shorepower charging station and is expected to produce as much as 10,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year recharging everything from personal electronics to electric vehicles.

East PDX News also covered the story.

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Sebastian Blanco from AutoBlogGreen.com authored a story about Oregon’s involvement in the EV industry–specifically the companies that were part of Drive Oregon contingent featured at Plug-In 2010 Show in San Jose.

Shorepower charging stations are called out in the article.

Drive Oregon showed well at Plug-In 2010 in San Jose, featuring vehicles (Arcimoto and Barefoot Motors) as well as EV Charging Station manufacturers (Shorepower Technologies and Optimization Technologies). Drive Oregon’s booth was center stage in on the exhibition floor, attracting hundreds of visitors over two days, and received particularly good attention during Public Night, where EV enthusiasts and industry officials mingled.  Oregon was the only State at the Show to have a united voice and a focused message to the Electric Vehicle industry and show visitors took notice.

The Statesman Journal writes about the coming market for EV charging and the cars that will plug in. Shorepower is quoted in the article.

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Portland-based PGE produced a video about how state and local government, higher education, and businesses — including PGE — is working to expand the electric vehicle infrastructure in Oregon. Shorepower EV charging stations are featured in the 7-minute video.

KTVZ television reports on Bend’s (and Central Oregon’s) first charging station, a Level 1 unit from Shorepower.

“Big news for those who use electric cars, or hope to one day: A new electric vehicle charging station in Bend is the first of its kind in Central Oregon. It has the ability to charge up to four vehicles at once and it is installed at the office of Sunlight Solar in Bend.”

Sunlight Solar will be holding an open house on June 24 from 5-7 PM at their office, located at 4 NW Franklin Ave. in Bend. Residents are invited to come down and see how the charging station works first hand.

Also covering the unveiling:

• Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
• MyCentralOregon.com

DJC Oregon writes about the development of Level 2 charging stations, including Shorepower. The story was also picked up by Oregon Business.

“But Bates is confident that his company’s level II chargers will be ready to go by this fall, so that property owners will have time to install them before the Leafs arrive. In the electric-vehicle game, Bates said, you either stay up to speed on new technology, or you find yourself struggling to stay relevant.”