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California Air Resources Board settles with COSCO Container Lines for $965,000; >2,600 air quality violations from 2014-2017

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The violations were discovered during routine audits of the Shanghai-based company’s 2014-2017 fleet visits to the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach and the Port of Oakland. CARB’s investigation revealed that from 2014-2016, COSCO’s visits to these ports did not meet operational time limits for at least half of the visits.

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The Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Annual Program Review: The Driving Force Behind Autonomous Vehicles

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mile per gallon fleet average fuel economy requirement set for automotive companies to be met by 2025. The 22 nd Annual ARC Program Review is scheduled for May 25-26, 2016, and will be held on The University of Michigan’s North Campus in Ann Arbor. Footnotes. [ 1 ] Gilbert, D., Automotive Research Center.” Automotive Research Center.”

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ICCT analysis of California top EV cities finds link between EV uptake and many underlying factors

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outreach events, informational websites; electric car sharing services; and government and fleet programs) and median income in each city to be correlated significantly with new electric vehicle sales share. These cities tend to be smaller, but Oakland and San Jose are also within the high electric vehicle uptake cities.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Liter Partial Consent Decree entered by the US District Court for the Northern District of California on 25 October 2016, Volkswagen Group of America is investing $1.2 Heavy-duty hydrogen projects, such as freight fleet or shuttle programs, in this or future plans. Background. Background. As required by Appendix C to the 2.0-Liter

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