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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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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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This system has been in series production since 2016 and combines ABS, ESC and a brake booster. The driverless shuttle will be deployed on the grounds of Oakland University, a sprawling and hilly college campus where navigation between buildings can be a challenge for students and faculty.

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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel made 100% from waste and residues in Finland; initial customers

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Customers that use Neste’s renewable diesel include San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Carlsbad and the county of Sacramento. In Finland, Neste MY was used for producing low-emission energy for the Flow festival and Weekend Festival in summer 2016.

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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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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. 2 ] The University of Michigan, The University of Iowa, Wayne State University, Clemson University, Oakland University, and Virginia Tech. [ Footnotes. [ 1 ] Gilbert, D.,

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AC Transit Board greenlights a $108M, 9.5-mile infrastructure project for first Bus Rapid Transit line; diesel-hybrid buses

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AC Transit’s BRT will operate between downtown Oakland and San Leandro—primarily utilizing historic International Boulevard and East 14 th Street. miles) is slated to begin in May 2016 with service expected to begin in November 2017. Construction of the 150 block transit service (that spans 9.5

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

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These cities tend to be smaller, but Oakland and San Jose are also within the high electric vehicle uptake cities. Stephanie Searle, Nikita Pavlenko, Nic Lutsey (2016) “ Leading edge of electric vehicle market development in the United States: An analysis of California cities ”. —Searle et al.

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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 Background. Background. As required by Appendix C to the 2.0-Liter The supplement adds a sixth: Fresno.

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