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Pacific states and BC agree to align GHG and clean energy policies; targeting 10% new vehicle ZEV purchases by 2016

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The Governors of California, Oregon and Washington and the Premier of British Columbia signed a regional agreement strategically to align policies to reduce greenhouse gases and promote clean energy. Oregon will build on existing programs to set a price on carbon emissions.

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TriMet puts first Xcelsior CHARGE electric bus into operation; powered by Portland General Electric renewable energy

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congratulated the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) as it welcomed its first battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit bus. million grant from the Federal Transit Administration’s 2016 Low and No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle Deployment Program. New Flyer of America Inc.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. AVTA is committed to having an all electric fleet by 2018.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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A newly released analysis produced by Beacon Economics for the nonprofit, nonpartisan think-tank Next 10 has found that California’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) market is on track to meet or exceed a target of 1.5 between 2016 and 2017, bringing the state’s ZEV market share to 4.5%, compared to 3.6% million ZEV target by 2030.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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The authors defined regions as the Midwest, Mountain, Northeast, South, and West, based on the US Census (2016). Within the West region, they considered California separately because the state’s long-time focus on emissions regulations and electric vehicles makes it an outlier and benchmark for the rest of the country.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty GHG emission standards. Fleet: Schneider, Walmart. Lightweighting: MSI-ACPT, Maxion Inmagusa, Oregon State University, Strick, Toray.

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Daimler brings truck platooning testing to Japan

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In the commercial vehicle sector, truck platooning will contribute to the reduction of fuel consumption and to lower CO 2 -emissions. In 2016, Daimler took part in the Dutch government’s initiative European Truck Platooning Challenge with three electronically connected and semi autonomous driving Mercedes-Benz Actros.

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