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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

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The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. Since 2004, NFI has delivered 50 buses to LTD, including New Flyer transit buses and low-floor cutaway buses from NFI sister company ARBOC.

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Big Blue Bus investing $18.2M to upgrade bus fleet; Cummins-Westport Near-Zero NOx engines

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Big Blue Bus (BBB), a bus operator serving Santa Monica and the Los Angeles area, will invest $18.3 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. Earlier post.). —Ed King, Director of Transit Services.

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UCR study finds ultra-low emission natural gas bus exceeds federal and state NOx standards; as low as 0.0007g/bhp-hr

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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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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The addition of the 92 trucks increases the FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles by more than 50%, from 172 to 264. Tags: Conversions Fleets Hybrids. FedEx Corp. over the past six months.

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California ARB Seeks Further Reductions of Diesel Emissions at State Rail Yards

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The US EPA estimates the normal fleet turnover rate for a line-haul locomotive can take 30 years or more. BNSF has been operating four liquefied natural gas yard locomotives in downtown Los Angeles since the mid-1990s. Union Pacific operates in 23 states west of Chicago, while BNSF Railway is present in 28.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $23M to encourage use of alternative transportation fuels

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Outreach will focus on commercial and public fleet owners and managers. Sysco Food Services of Los Angeles, Inc., This station along the I-215 corridor in the Inland Empire will serve vehicles moving goods at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, and will complement clean truck programs at the ports.

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Mercedes-Benz presents B-Class F-CELL fuel cell vehicle at LA Auto Show; delivery to US leasing customers by end of 2010

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Mercedes-Benz presented the new B-Class F-CELL, its first (limited) series production fuel-cell powered electric vehicle available in the US ( earlier post ), at the Los Angeles Auto Show. There are currently five public hydrogen filling stations in the greater Los Angeles area, with four more due to open by the end of 2010.

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