VOLume 23, NO. 3 ApriL 2009 sOLArtOdAy.Org

Brigh T au Tomo Tive inc. illus Tra Tion By niki Ta kalinin, Brigh T au Tomo Tive in Tern From ar T cen Ter college oF design

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ON THE COVER

This electric charging station is one of more than a dozen installed in and around Portland, Ore. Distributed by Portland-based Shorepower Technologies and designed/engineered by its R&D division, Synkro Motive, each unit can charge four vehicles at a time. PhoTo courTesy oF shorePower Technologies, shorePower.com.

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