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Large corporate fleets, Amazon, exempt from new road fees for Oregon EVs next year

  • Alex Baumhardt

Oregonians driving electric vehicles will be required to pay hundreds of dollars in new taxes and fees starting next year, sending tens of millions of dollars annually to the State Highway Fund. The fund is today mostly seeded with money from the state’s 40-cent-per-gallon gas tax and pays for Oregon roads and infrastructure. That revenue […]

Vehicle fire

Vehicle fire

  • Lane V. Erickson
  • Updated

Under hot, dry conditions, all types of motorized vehicles can ignite a wildfire.

Vehicle fires

Vehicle fires

  • Lane V. Erickson
  • Updated

In the event of a vehicle fire, the first step is pulling safely off the road; the second is turning off the engine and exiting the car.