On April 29, 2009, Portland, Oregon Mayor Sam Adams held a press conference to unveil a new electric vehicle charging station. Mayor Adams addresses San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in response to the electric vehicle grid race between the two cities. Jeff Kim, COO of Shorepower, spoke at the event. Video.

Good Green Cars, of RiverWired Network, wrote about the partnership between Oregon and Mitsubishi. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski is shown with a Shorepower charging station. RiverWired is an eco-media web site and blog network devoted to helping people live greener.

Chris Bakken, chief strategy officer at Shorepower partner SynkroMotive co-authored an article which appeared in the Statesman-Journal newspaper. The article calls for an adoption of a low carbon fuel standard by the State of Oregon. “No single arrow in our quiver will drill the bulls-eye of stopping global warming and supporting a viable economic future.… Continue reading Statesman-Journal – April 2009

Shorepower’s charging stations are featured in a story about Think – an electric car company from Norway. The story appeared on the local NBC television affiliate, KGW. Video can be seen here.

A Shorepower charging station was pictured on the cover of Solar Today magazine’s April 2009 cover. The feature article is titled “Plugging In Transportation: Long the ruin of sustainable community efforts, the energy-hogging transport sector finally has a viable green option in the coming fleet of electric-drive vehicles.”

KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL of OPB radio interviewed Shorepower CEO Jeff Kim about the Oregon Dept of Transportation’s request for electric charging station designs. As Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, the state says it’s the first in the nation to try and standardize the stations. The hope among local businesses is that an Oregon company will win the contract… Continue reading OPB Radio – April 2009