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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a three-year, $1.4-billion On 19 November, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will consider a complementary proposal for $1.5 The –2023 Investment Plan Update plan increases the budget of the Clean Transportation Program by six times, including $1.1

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The California Energy Commission approved an $8-million grant to Equilon Enterprises—a fully owned subsidiary of Shell Oil—to develop a high-capacity hydrogen fueling station to service and promote the expansion of zero-emission fuel cell electric Class 8 drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to public and private partners in California. The 2018 DERA grants awarded to California will fund the following projects: California Air Resources Board (CARB) received $435,149 to replace 5 heavy-duty school buses with all-electric alternatives throughout California.

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APRIL 30, 2018

A team at the University of Denver has measured the emissions from two in-use California heavy-duty truck fleets—at the Port of Los Angeles and the Cottonwood weigh station in Northern California—using the On-Road Heavy-Duty Measurement System in 2013, 2015 and 2017. Credit: ACS, Haugen and Bishop (2018). model years (4.2?

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JULY 14, 2022

About 32% of all electric trucks nationwide are in California, where for every electric truck there are about 300 diesel trucks (all years, Classes 3-8). of diesels on the road are 2007—meaning they are equipped with at least a diesel particulate filter. Electric and other categories each register less than 1%.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

The California Air Resources Board’s latest state inventory of greenhouse gas emissions shows that California’s GHG emissions continue to decrease. These reductions have occurred while California’s economy has continued to grow. Compared to 2016, California’s GDP grew 3.6% Trends in California GHG Emissions.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

The California Air Resources Board announced that COSCO Container Lines Co., Adopted in 2007, the At-Berth Regulation was designed to reduce emissions from diesel auxiliary engines on container ships, passenger ships and refrigerated-cargo ships while berthing at a California port.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved AMP’s E-100 truck as a zero emission vehicle and eligible for sale in California for the 2014 model year, which began this January. We are extremely pleased that our AMP E-100 truck and its battery-electric power train has been approved by CARB and can be sold in California.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

Supporting a transition to clean, electrified transportation is one of the most effective ways that we can cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce localized air pollution in California. California’s commitment to vehicle electrification has had tangible impacts. Now, one in four new cars sold in California is a zero-emission vehicle.

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MARCH 5, 2020

This marks the first redesign of the retro city car since 2007. After withdrawing both gasoline and electric versions of the 500 from the U.S., Fiat unveiled a redesigned 500 for the European market. The gasoline 500.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Santa Ana, California hydrogen station, which went live Friday, was jointly developed by Trillium, Air Products, the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), Ballard Fuel Systems and New Flyer. Trillium has completed construction of the largest hydrogen transit refueling station in North America.

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JULY 11, 2023

of all commercial diesel trucks (Class 3-8) on the road are 2007 and newer and are equipped with particulate filters so they achieve near-zero emissions for particulates. California lags the national average, taking the 35 th spot (51.6%). That’s a 10.2% increase in one year (2022 vs. 2021).

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MARCH 22, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has put an additional $6 million into the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) two weeks ago ( earlier post ), the combined $10.5 The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project is made possible by the 2007 law known as Assembly Bill 118.

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JUNE 29, 2012

The California Air Resources Board approved $27 million for its Air Quality Improvement Program, a statewide effort to provide incentives for the purchase of advanced-technology passenger cars and heavy-duty trucks. Complementing this investment will be up to an additional $5 million dollars from the California Energy Commission.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Newly inaugurated California Governor Jerry Brown reappointed Mary D. Nichols as California Air Resources Board Chairman. Nichols was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Chairman of the California Air Resources Board in July 2007 for her second stint in the position.

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APRIL 10, 2022

It would also provide incentives to produce more of these fuels in the US and eliminate unnecessary regulations that are limiting the use of renewable diesel in California. In California, use of renewable diesel has grown by 528% between 2013 and 2019. Background. In 2019, it displaced 618 million gallons of conventional diesel.

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APRIL 12, 2012

The California Energy Commission approved funding of $2,604,000 to help bring more buses and trucks powered by natural gas to the state’s highways. The incentives are passed on to buyers in California at the time of sale. The California Energy Commission is the state’s primary energy policy and planning agency.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

States that have been particularly hard hit since 2014, the start of the upward trend, are Florida (43% increase), Georgia (34%), Indiana (33%), California (31%), North Carolina (26%), Illinois (24%) and Kentucky (24%). NSC estimates 438 people will be killed during the three-day holiday weekend.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The California Energy Commission has issued two solicitations for a combined $13.3 Funding for the solicitations comes from the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP), created by Assembly Bill (AB) 118 (Nùñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For its part, EPA is withdrawing the Clean Air Act preemption waiver it granted to the State of California in January 2013 as it relates to California’s GHG and ZEV programs. California’s ability to enforce its Low Emission Vehicle program and other clean air standards to address harmful smog-forming vehicle emissions—i.e.,

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JULY 4, 2010

is participating in a project to extract lithium from the produced water from geothermal power generation at a site in California. a company founded in 2007 to produce commodity minerals and metals—specifically lithium, manganese, and zinc—from geothermal, oil and gas, and other brines. The Nikkei reports that Itochu Corp.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has launched the third year of its Clean Vehicle Rebate Project ( CVRP ) with $15 million in funding. million, including $2 million provided by the California Energy Commission, funded approximately 2,000 rebates. CVRP promotes the purchase of zero-emission or plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles.

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JULY 15, 2011

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has unveiled “ Drive ”, a new website providing industry professionals, fleet managers and consumers with information about greener transportation choices for the 21 st century. It leverages federal and private investment to create jobs here in California.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Lines has paid $253,300 in penalties to the California Air Resources Board for violating the Ocean-Going Vessel At-Berth Regulation. The original At-Berth Regulation, adopted in 2007, requires vessel fleets to reduce their diesel engine power generation while docked. Mitsui O.S.K.

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MARCH 18, 2010

The California Air Resources Board announced $3.7 million program that Governor Schwarzenegger approved in 2007 to spur technological innovation in the transportation sector. Cleaner vehicles reduce California smog and climate change emissions, and save consumers money. ARB was appropriated approximately $42.3

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JUNE 3, 2017

In a new study, a team from UCLA, with colleagues from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and West Virginia University, measured total particle number emission factors (PNEFs) from six newly certified heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) powered by diesel and CNG totaling over 6,800 miles of on-road operation in California.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has initiated the second year of grants totaling $19 million for hybrid vehicle technology that significantly reduces smog-forming and greenhouse gas emissions. At least $2 million of these funds will be set aside for California public fleets to increase the number of hybrid vehicles.

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MAY 14, 2014

The California Energy Commission has published the “2014?2015 It details how the California Energy Commission, with input from stakeholders and the program Advisory Committee, determines the program’s goal?driven electric vehicles, are provided by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) through its Air Quality Improvement Program.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The California Air Resources Board announced that a financial incentive program has helped put more than 650 hybrid trucks and buses on California roads. ARB created the financial incentive program in 2007 under AB 118, legislation that provided funding for a range of alternative fuels and vehicle technologies.

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JULY 3, 2014

The data includes total registration information on Class 3-8 trucks from 2007 through 2013 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Beginning in 2007, all heavy duty diesel trucks sold had to meet particulate emissions levels of no more than 0.01 million of 8.8 grams per brake horse-power hour (g/bhp-hr). Click to enlarge.

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MAY 11, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously approved funding of more than $15 million to projects that will advance biofuels and electric vehicle research in California. The project will demonstrate the performance, fuel savings and emissions reductions for the work trucks in Southern California. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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MARCH 7, 2014

The number of retail fueling stations offering E85 blend (up to 85% ethanol) has grown rapidly since 2007, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The share of nationwide E85 stations in the five traditional ethanol-producing states of the Midwest fell from 54% in 2007 to 36% in 2013.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

The California Air Resources Board is suspending enforcement of the off-road equipment emissions regulations until further notice; the industry had been facing a 1 March 2010 compliance deadline.

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AUGUST 6, 2015

states, California is by far the most enthusiastic when it comes to electric cars. But Mary Nichols--the chair of this agency since 2007--isn't satisfied with having just a few electric cars on California roads. DON'T MISS: California Approves Aggressive.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has unanimously adopted the state’s third annual transportation energy Investment Plan to help change the types of vehicles Californians drive and the fuels they use. Projects leveraged with California’s investment of $36.5 million attracted nearly $105.3 million in ARRA funds and $113.3

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has amended its diesel rules to offer businesses a variety of options to comply with the regulations to reduce soot from diesel engines. Approved in December 2008, this regulation will clean up emissions from the nearly one million heavy duty diesel trucks that operate in California.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. 200,000 to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District. 200,000 to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Sullivan Automotive Group.

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