The Portland Business Journal reports that Portland General Electric, the local utility company, unveiled the first of a dozen (Shorepower) charging stations in preparation for the coming electric vehicles. “Using wind energy supplied by PGE, a handful of local businesses including several Burgerville locations, the Columbia Sportswear outlet in Sellwood, Nike and the Oregon Museum… Continue reading Portland Business Journal – July 2008 – Shorepower
The local Fox television affiliate (KPTV) covered a story about PGE putting in the first of 12 electric plug-in hybrid refueling stations (from Shorepower).
Libby Tucker of the Associated Press wrote an article which appeared in the Oregonian about Portland General Electric’s predicated surge in electric vehicles and the Shorepower charging stations they are building to accommodate them. ODOT anticipates electric car ownership will grow dramatically in the next two to five years when manufacturers begin mass producing plug-in… Continue reading The Associated Press – July 2008 – Shorepower
The Daily Journal of Commerce ran a story from Libby Tucker of AP about Portland General Electric’s installation of Shorepower charging stations. The story features of picture of Shorepower President Jeff Kim. PGE is partnering with Portland-based Shorepower Technologies to design new charging stations that will resemble the one it installed almost a decade ago… Continue reading Daily Journal of Commerce – July 2008 – Shorepower
Today’s Trucking magazine featured an article titled “Clean Power for a buck an hour.” Jeff Kim is quoted: “Each Shorepower connection comes in at a quarter of the cost of an ‘off board’ TSE [Truck Stop Electrification] parking space,” says the company’s chief operating officer Jeff Kim. “But that does not tell the whole story.… Continue reading Today’s Trucking – June 2008 – Clean Power
KATU, the Portland, Oregon ABC television affiliate covered the opening of Shorepower pedestals at Jubitz Travel Center. The story reports that the Shorepower pedestals allow truckers to run their refrigerator units, air conditioners and keep their engines warm in the winter. The power stations also offer cable television and WiFi Internet connection. The new pedestals… Continue reading ABC-TV Portland Affiliate – July 2007 – Jubitz Travel Center
The Portland Tribune covered the opening of Shorepower TSE pedestals at Jubitz Travel Center in Oregon. The article says this “will allow drivers to sleep in comfort at truck stops without burning diesel” and that “the use of all 160 ports would result in a reduction of about 8,000 tons of emitted carbon dioxide each… Continue reading Portland Tribune – July 2007 – Jubitz Travel Center
KATU-TV, the Portland Oregon ABC television affiliate ran an article about Shorepower (formerly Shurepower). The story describes Truck Stop Electrification and reports that for just $1 an hour, truckers at one of seven spots in Oregon and Washington are able to plug their trucks into an electricity port.
DesignFax Online, an electronic magazine for Design and Development Engineers wrote about alternative approaches to powering HVAC in diesel trucks. Namely, a product developed by Caterpillar, Inc. call the MorElectric System. This allows trucks to run HVAC through an on-board electric generator which has plug-in “shore power” capability. The article features a photo of a… Continue reading DesignFax Online – April 2005
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