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California JETSI to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks

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This is the first battery-electric truck project jointly financed by CARB and the CEC, and the largest investment of its kind. The Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, and Southern California Edison will also be contributing to the project.

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San Pedro Bay Ports release draft of 2017 Clean Air Action Plan Update; $7-$14 billion price tag

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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released the draft of their proposed 2017 C lean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update. Given the magnitude of the investment, the draft plan calls for the ports to intensify their funding advocacy and increase collaboration with their partners to finance the new strategies.

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California ARB Report Finds Fine Particle Air Pollution Responsible for 9,000 Premature Deaths in State Each Year; Based on US EPA Peer-Reviewed Study

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These assessments were required as part of the federal agency’s periodic review of the national air quality standards for fine particle matter, or PM 2.5. The review, undertaken as a public process every five years, was completed this spring and included peer review by the federal Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

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Creative Greenius talks AB 811 Financing to the Green Task Force / photo (c) Debra Bushweit Galliani. And what it takes is a week of reviewing the six hours of taped presentations and all the PowerPoints and related links from the April 29 California Energy Commission’s AB 811 Staff Workshop. I choose to do the right thing.

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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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It also reviews policies and implications that could affect future market growth. Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates battery cost will decline by almost 10% until 2025, when ZEVs will reach price parity with ICE vehicles. As of October 2017, 337,483 ZEVs have been sold in California. ZEV sales increased 29.1%

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News: Range Milestones Hit by Lucid and Rivian

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Lucid also ran a real-world test of pre-production cars with Motor Trend magazine driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco that demonstrated the 500+ mile range of the car. Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all news stories and vehicle reviews.

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

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The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. If you want to attract attention, keeping a company in stealth mode for several years is a good way to do it. The two vehicles pretty much stole the show that year.

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