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New Flyer previously reported the order for five forty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit buses in September 2017. The route covers 13 miles and 700 feet in elevation change. New Flyer of America Inc. The program was funded in part with a $3.4-million The program was funded in part with a $3.4-million

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The California Air Resources Board unanimously approved the 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan , which sets the state on an aggressive course to reduce greenhouse gas emissions an additional 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 under SB 32. —2017 Scoping Plan. Earlier post.). Accelerate deployment of alternative fueling infrastructure.

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JULY 29, 2015

UPS announced agreements for up to 46 million gallons of renewable diesel over the next three years, constituting a 15-fold increase over prior contracts and making UPS one of the largest users of renewable diesel in the world. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel.

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million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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That’s me on January 16, 2017, with my brand new Chevy Bolt EV Premier edition in my garage at home. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. I signed up to reserve one.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

UPS has achieved its goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned, and marked more than 10 years of learning from its “Rolling Laboratory” of now more than 7,200 alternative fuel vehicles. That wouldn’t have happened without a long-term commitment.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will work over the next few years to bring to market high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells. —Yu Seung Kim, a Los Alamos scientist who started an automotive HT-PEM fuel cells project in 2017.

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JULY 31, 2018

The new truck, known internally as “Beta,” expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first Project Portal test vehicle by increasing the estimated range to more than 300 miles per fill. builds on the lessons learned from the launch of the Alpha vehicle in 2017. Project Portal 2.0 With a gross combined weight capacity of 80,000 lbs.

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MAY 5, 2015

UPS has entered into an agreement to purchase renewable natural gas (RNG) for its delivery vehicle fleet from Clean Energy Fuels Corp. RNG (biomethane) can be derived from many abundant and renewable sources, including decomposing organic waste in landfills, wastewater treatment and agriculture. Clean Energy Fuels, co-founded by T.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

million zero emission fuel-cell-car miles in California, eliminating more than 2.3 About one third of Ture Zero hydrogen is currently sourced from renewables, with that percentage expected to grow. The company has set target to source all of its hydrogen from 100% renewables by 2023.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Embarking in June 2017 from Saint-Malo Port in France, Energy Observer is an electrically propelled vessel of the future that is operated using a mix of renewable energies and an on-board system that produces carbon-free hydrogen from seawater.

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The transport and environment report ‘ The first and last mile — the key to sustainable urban transport ’ assesses how green and sustainable ‘first and last mile’ transport options such as bicycles, scooters or other means of short-distance travel can transform mobility systems in cities. —“The first and last mile”.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

ZeroAvia plans to start supplying its platform to commercial operators and aircraft manufacturers in 2022, initially targeting up to 500-mile regional flights in 10 to 20-seat fixed-wing aircraft. He previously founded and was the CEO of eMotorWerks, a smart grid electric vehicle charging company acquired in 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

BP and JM have developed a simple-to-operate and cost-advantaged FT technology that can operate both at large and small scale economically to convert synthesis gas, generated from sources such as municipal solid waste and other renewable biomass, into long-chain hydrocarbons suitable for the production of diesel and jet fuels.

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MAY 1, 2018

Workhorse currently offers the range-extended EGEN with a 647 cc two-cylinder BMW range-extending engine; total range on that vehicle is 120 miles. The addition of Plug Power’s ProGen fuel cell enables the vehicle range to exceed 160 miles (258 km) per delivery cycle, a 166% increase over standard battery power alone. Source: DOE.

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JULY 9, 2020

Ride-hailing vehicles travel more miles than personal vehicles, making them more efficient. Electric vehicles are beneficial, and that benefit is larger if you’re traveling more miles and charging from renewable sources during the day. —author Alan Jenn, a researcher at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2020

2017) in the book Algal Biofuels. The location—Lake Okeechobee, Florida—is a shallow lake covering roughly 740 square miles where massive blooms form annually and have increased in severity during the past decade. HTL uses heat and pressure—250–380 °C and 5–28 MPa—to convert a variety of feedstocks to biocrude.

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AUGUST 29, 2018

CALeVIP and its regional projects are implemented by the Center for Sustainable Energy and funded by the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, which supports innovations in transportation and fuel technologies. CALeVIP is currently funded for more than $33 million.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

will be deployed beginning in January 2017 starting in Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and, possibly in other states as well. The improvements in these new package cars came from real-world experience in our alternative fuel Rolling Laboratory, which earlier this year hit a 1 billion miles driven milestone.

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APRIL 3, 2017

In separate presentations at the 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, R&D executives from GM and Ford each stressed the importance of improved, advanced fuels—among other technology developments—for their future engine efficiency gains and for long-term CO 2 emissions goals.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

These innovations are all key elements in California’s efforts to transition to clean, renewable energy that is both reliable and affordable. A Chevy Bolt driven 50 miles a day uses the same amount of electricity as an air conditioner cooling a 3-bedroom home for three hours. The California Energy Commission forecasts that 3.9

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Allison Transmission Holdings and Cumminshave received certification from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for model year 2017 Allison Hybrid H 40 EP / H 50 EP hybrid propulsion systems paired with the Cummins B6.7 and L9 diesel engines used in transit buses and coaches. The Cummins B6.7

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JULY 12, 2018

VTA had placed the order for the buses in August 2017. VTA selected BYD to manufacture its first set of electric buses based on BYD’s battery warranty, mile range and selection of sizes and models, which accommodate Martha’s Vineyard’s road network. The six-bus order comprised four BYD K9S 35-foot models and two K7 30-foot models.

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JULY 8, 2017

A team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the second report summarizing the results of the battery-electric bus (BEB) demonstration underway at Foothill Transit in California. kWh per mile—17.35 miles per diesel gallon equivalent (mpdge). kWh per mile—17.35 mpgge, equating to 4.34

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with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. UPS will supply its fleet in Memphis, Tenn., and Jackson, Miss., In 2014, 5.4%

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JULY 14, 2017

Traditionally, a public transit buses life expectancy is measured in terms of the number of miles on its diesel engine. A diesel engine’s life expectancy is 6 years or 250,000 miles before overhaul. The highest-mileage bus that has not had a reline has surpassed 160,000 miles. —AC Transit Board Director Chris Peeples.

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We have the unique advantage to have a clean, renewable and relatively inexpensive energy. With the help of three Québec partners—TM4, B3CG Interconnect and the National Centre of Advanced Transportation—Lion Bus will develop a powertrain allowing a range of about 90 km (56 miles). Québec has everything to get there.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

This manufacturing facility is powered 100% by renewable energy, which is provided by the City of Lancaster’s Energy Company, Lancaster Choice Energy. BYD has delivered 137 electric buses in the US and Canada, including more than 75 buses delivered in 2017.

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APRIL 7, 2018

Among other enhancements, buses will be equipped with Cummins-Westport Near-Zero engines and fueled by Renewable Natural Gas, to further reduce NO x vehicle emissions by more than 90% by December 2018. Big Blue Bus operates a fleet of 200 vehicles transporting more than 54,000 customers daily across a 58 square mile service area.

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APRIL 8, 2016

Initially, the network of hydrogen stations will span approximately 300 miles across five states and will support the introduction of hydrogen FCEVs on the East Coast, including the Toyota Mirai. The stations are slated to open to the public by early 2017.

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MARCH 21, 2017

A partnership project between the eleven leading Austrian energy suppliers and Berlin-based Hubject GmbH ( earlier post ), which is supported by the Austrian climate and energy fund, will create a comprehensively accessible network of charging stations for drivers of electric vehicles across Austria, starting in April 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The study also compared air pollution exposure per mile for each mode, a useful metric for people to use when selecting a travel mode that offers the lowest air pollution exposure for their individual commute. Train commutes experienced the largest exposure per mile of all of the combustion-derived transportation commute modes.

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MARCH 8, 2024

The 180-turbine Kitty Hawk Wind is an offshore wind project proposed in federal waters over 36 miles from Virginia Beach. It will be capable of generating enough renewable power for more than 1 million homes and businesses annually and reduce emissions by more than 1.5 Photo: Avangrid Avangrid’s 3.5

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JULY 20, 2017

FAST Charge has already started work on the demonstration units with significant funding to be provided by NRCan and a target completion date of December 2017. In addition, each charging station can be connected to a renewable energy source such as solar or wind to facilitate emission-free driving.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

billion vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2015, with a concomitant increase in gasoline consumption. In addition, the housing affordability and availability crisis is forcing people to live increasingly farther away from work, driving up total vehicle miles traveled in the state by 2.7 California’s renewable generation increased 8.3%

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The BMW Group will showcase five electric vehicles at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show including the North American premieres of the BMW i Vision Dynamics, MINI Electric Concept, BMW i3s, and a World Premiere vehicle that will be shown during the BMW Group press conference on Wednesday, 29 November. showrooms in November, 2017.

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APRIL 20, 2016

The California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Technology Program is providing cost-sharing for an initial network of at least 100 stations through 2023 by investing up to $20 million each year for stations located where customers driving fuel cell electric vehicles live, work and travel.

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