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FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) announced that gasoline consumption in the state rose 2.4% during fiscal year (FY) 2014-15, the largest yearly increase since FY 2003-2004 (increase of 2.6%). The rise in fuel consumption signals a strengthening California economy, with cheaper gas prices encouraging more vehicle travel.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will hold a public workshop on 11 March to discuss proposals for several regulations and regulation amendments related to on-road heavy-duty vehicles. This new regulation would be the first California regulation to set GHG emission limits for heavy-duty truck and engine manufacturers.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Proterra was founded in 2004 with headquarters in California and is a leader in the business with electric buses for local transport. Martin Daum, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG with responsibility for Daimler Trucks & Buses, made the announcement at the 67 th IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hannover.

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MAY 4, 2009

A bill under consideration in the California state legislature would require California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) to include Class III (280 cc or greater) model-year 2000 and newer motorcycles in the state’s smog check program beginning 1 January 2012. g/km HC+NO x , compared to the 2004 Tier I standard of 1.4

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AUGUST 5, 2019

FastOx technology, developed by Sierra Energy and supported by grant funding from the Department of Defense and the California Energy Commission, uses oxygen and steam to heat waste to 4,000°F (2,200°C). Sierra Energy was founded in Davis, California in 2004.

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MAY 15, 2021

Topsoe has been developing and refining HydroFlex technology since 2004. With HydroFlex, customers can convert low value feedstocks to renewable fuels that qualify for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit. As a result, there are many HydroFlex units running alongside conventional units all over the world.

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JULY 8, 2014

A study by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories concludes that a number of existing gas stations in California can safely store and dispense hydrogen, suggesting a broader network of hydrogen fueling stations may be within reach. There are 9,710 retail gasoline stations in California.

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JULY 22, 2010

In a new report released by the California Air Resources Board, scientists from the University of California at Davis and Berkeley estimate that rising temperatures from climate change will increase ozone levels in California’s major air basins. Climate Change Impact on Air Quality in California. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 28, 2017

A study by the University of California, Riverside College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) found that a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Agency (Metro) bus equipped with an ultra-low emission natural gas engine performs significantly cleaner than its certification standards across all duty cycles.

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JULY 13, 2016

The California Energy Commission will award up to $4 million ( GFO-16-501 ) to projects to to support the research and development of heavy-duty off-road vehicles powered by conventional or renewable natural gas. Group 3: Off-Road Research and Development- California Ports and Military Bases. The maximum funding amount is $1,500,000.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Masten was founded by CTO David Masten in 2004 and is located in Mojave, California. The Tipping Point public-private partnership is an innovative way NASA helps industry develop promising space technologies that could benefit future commercial and government missions.

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APRIL 29, 2009

On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. Professor Robert Cervero, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley. Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning.

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JUNE 30, 2009

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. California requested from EPA the waiver required for implementation of the Pavley regulations in December 2005.

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JULY 31, 2020

The unique mineral— jadarite —was discovered by Rio Tinto geologists in 2004 near the city of Loznica in Western Serbia. In parallel, Rio Tinto has also started work on the commissioning of its lithium demonstration plant in the United States, which is extracting lithium from waste rock at its Boron mine in California.

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MARCH 29, 2013

With a proposed start in 2017, the Tier 3 program is also harmonized with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Low Emission Vehicle (LEV III) program—enabling automakers to sell the same vehicles in all 50 states. Proposed Tier 3 Gasoline Sulfur Standards. Cap Option 1. Cap Option 2. The final Tier 2 rule was published in 2000.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

The California Air Resources Board directed its staff to take steps to provide further locomotive and rail yard emission reductions beyond those achieved by existing US Environmental Protection Agency and state regulations and agreements. California leads the nation with the most extensive efforts to reduce locomotive and rail yard emissions.

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JULY 24, 2014

A new satellite study finds more than 75% of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin since late 2004 came from underground resources. The research was funded by NASA and the University of California. The Colorado River Basin (black outline) supplies water to about 40 million people in seven states.

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APRIL 18, 2016

Decreases in ambient air pollution levels over the past 20 years in Southern California were associated with significant reductions in bronchitic symptoms in children with and without asthma, according to a study by researchers at the University of Southern California published in JAMA. Kiros Berhane, Ph.D., Kiros Berhane, Ph.D.,

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

2010 engines emissions reduction relative to 2010, 2007, and 2004 US emission standards. earlier post ), found that emissions of NO 2 and other nitrogen oxides—which can have direct health effects and contribute to the formation of smog—were approximately 61% below the 2010 EPA standard and 99% lower than in 2004 engines.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Rather than follow this legally required standard, Toyota unilaterally decided to file EDIRs principally when Toyota was independently required to file distinct reports with California regulators under a less strict standard—a standard that EPA had rejected as too lenient when Toyota had previously proposed to rely on it for federal reporting.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

DaimlerChrysler, for example, predicted the industry would be selling 100,000 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) by 2004. In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies. I don't think so.

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MAY 26, 2009

Daimler’s A-Class F-CELL hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle will cap five years of road trials in the US with its participation in the California to Canada Hydrogen Road Tour 09 ( earlier post ). A fleet of 30 A-Class F-CELL vehicles has been in daily use on public roads in the US since 2004. A cutaway model of the future B-Class F-CELL.

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APRIL 7, 2018

million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and California Proposition 1B Bond funds to replace fifty 40-foot New Flyer buses purchased between 2004 and 2006. In 2014, Big Blue Bus became the first transit agency in Southern California to purchase buses with near-zero compressed natural gas (CNG) engines.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

MAG), based in Fountain Valley, California, was founded in 2004 as a manufacturer and distributor of mini-utility vehicles and accessories. Krucker served with Toyota USA for 11 years and held national positions as IR Director and Import Director for the USA. Mag International, Inc.

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AUGUST 1, 2015

Seattle-based Imperium Renewables began developing proprietary technology and processes in the production of biodiesel in 2004. and is well positioned for advanced biofuel production, storage, and transport from southern California to western Canada. The Grays Harbor refinery began operation in August 2007 in Hoquiam, Wash.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Toyota Transport’s southern California Vehicle Delivery Operations in Long Beach and Mira Loma have 32 trucks in service, and the group delivers approximately 200,000 vehicles annually. Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have saved 144.3 Adam Strong, Western Regional Sales Manager for Cottrell. million barrels of oil and $20.6

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MARCH 23, 2013

As recently as 2004, super segment sales were only 35% of the market. Year-to-date retail sales of Fiesta, Focus and C-MAX in California, the biggest small car state in the country, are up 43% this year, in addition to a 54% sales increase last year. Year-to-date Fiesta retail sales are up 24% from a year ago while Focus is up 3%.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

For one, the [California Air Resources Board] CARB-established limit of HC+NO x emissions in the 7.4 In 2004, Asif Faiz and Surhid Gautam, both of the World Bank, published a paper in the International Journal of Vehicle Design exploring different technical and policy options for reducing emissions from 2-stroke engines.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Posawatz will serve alongside Co-Chairman John Bryson, Retired Chairman & CEO, Southern California Edison, and Senior Advisor for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Cohen, Vice President of Government and Industry Relations for American Honda Motor Company, who has served as Co-Chairman since early 2004. Posawatz replaces Edward B.

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MAY 26, 2010

The new board includes five nominees from Mahindra & Mahindra, two from the Maini family, and one from AEV LLC, California (co-founders of REVA). REVA was established in Bangalore in 1994 as a joint venture between the Maini Group of Bangalore, India and AEV LLC of California, US.

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JULY 21, 2009

The 92 retrofitted hybrid vehicles will be placed into service in California, primarily in the Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco metropolitan areas. FedEx and our suppliers have demonstrated that converted hybrids are a viable, lower-cost option compared to purchasing new hybrids.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

California will meet its 2030 climate targets more than three decades late, in 2061, and could be more than 100 years late in meeting its 2050 target if the average rate of emissions reductions from the past year hold steady, according to a new study tracking more than a decade of environmental and economic indicators in the state.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Twenty FedEx Azure Balance Hybrid Electric gasoline step-vans are already in service across the FedEx Express delivery network in California. The FedEx hybrid fleet has logged more than four million miles of revenue service since being introduced in 2004, reducing fuel use by 150,000 gallons and carbon dioxide emissions by 1,521 metric tons.

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MAY 25, 2016

The MESA Air study was funded in 2004 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Barbara Hoffmann, a professor of the University of Düsseldorf in Germany, described the study as “ exemplary.” Noting that the results are sobering, they called for decisive action in controlling pollution levels worldwide.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The California Air Resources Board released the draft proposed first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. California’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) regulation is also driving a transformation of the fleet.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

interest, Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiary Union Oil Company of California, has a 15.6% Major BP developments in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico include: Pompano, 1994; Marlin, 2000; Horn Mountain, 2002; Na Kika, 2003; Holstein, 2004; Mad Dog, 2005, Atlantis, 2007, Thunder Horse, 2008. BP maintains a 60.5%

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The INCITE program issued its first awards in 2004, when three projects received an aggregate five million core hours. The program was created as the primary means of accessing the DOE Leadership Computing Facilities at Argonne and Oak Ridge national laboratories. Today’s collective allocation of 5.8

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