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Electric Avenue UpdateAugust 10, 2011

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About Electric Avenue

• Urban showcase for electric vehicles and charging

technology – a campus street dedicated to charging

• Partnership project: PGE, PSU and city of Portland

• Located on SW Montgomery St between SW

Broadway and SW Sixth Avenue

• Two-year R&D project to learn more about EV

charging patterns and behavior, system impacts

• Features 7 EV charging stations from six

manufacturers including 6 level 2 charging stations

and 1 quick-charge station

• Technology partners include: Eaton, Shorepower

Technologies, OpConnect, SPX, ECOtality, and

General Electric

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Electric Avenue Details

Technology & charging stations

partners:

• Eaton Corp: One quick-charge & one Level 2 Station

• Shorepower Technologies: One Level 1 & 2 Station

• OpConnect: One dual Level 1 and 2 Station

• SPX: One Level 2 Station

• General Electric: One Level 2 Station

• ECOtality w/Zipcar: One Level 2 Station

• Future: Room for 1 more…….

• Metering Provided by Northwrite, Inc

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Electric Avenue Grand Opening

Tuesday, Aug 16, 10:30 a.m.

•Corner of SW Montgomery and Broadway Avenue

•Speakers:

Wim Wiewel, Jim Piro, and Mayor Sam Adams

•Electric cars, trucks & bicycles charging up: Nissan

LEAF, Chevrolet Volt, Mitsubishi iMiEV, Tesla

Roadster, Ford Transit Connect and Smith Newton.

•Technology partners on hand: Eaton, Shorepower

Technologies, OpConnect, SPX, ECOtality and

General Electric

•Northwrite, Inc providing sub-metering