Shannon Inukai-Cuffee’s Op-Ed in the Oregonian , May 13, 2011, on the coming of electric vehicles and Portland’s response to it, while informative, was also deliberately slanted to Ford Motor Company - free advertising for a company that she happens to work for. Mildly offensive in that she disguised it as a piece on electrical vehicles in general and Portland’s efforts to install the infrastructure necessary to support them while failing to mention any of Ford’s competitors. Nissan’s Leaf will arrive in Portland before Ford’s model, this spring. Tesla already has several models on the market, and Chevy has its Volt. All will be using the electric plug in stations and infrastructure mentioned in Ms Inukai-Cuffee’s article, and all these companies need to be applauded and to receive our support. I am proud of Portland’s efforts to support this technology and I thank Ms Inukai-Cuffee for bringing this in focus – no pun intended – but let’s encourage electric vehicles in general and not just sell cars.
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