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Article: Governor is ignoring local talent.(Local Opinion)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- April 28, 2009
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Byline: ELECTRIC VEHICLES By Joseph McKinney For The Register-Guard
I've been reading about Gov. Ted Kulongoski's efforts to attract federal stimulus funds so that Oregon can take leadership in the rollout of electric cars and trucks. I applaud the effort, because I believe our future transporters will be electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are the clean alternative to the wasteful, inefficient and dangerously overbuilt models we employ today for the simple task of moving from here to there.
I note that the governor has been working on this project for years. I have been monitoring the subject during the 25 years I've spent in the car business as a ...