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Tesla Semi Pepsico fleet ready to take on the road

Teslarati

PepsiCo stated that its Tesla Semi fleet was made possible through a grant by Sacramento’s air quality district. Public documents showed that the global beverage company submitted to install 8 Megacharger stalls at its facility in Fresno, California.

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Aemetis harvests demo crop of optimized biomass sorghum in California for advanced biofuels; ~90 days from planting to harvest

Green Car Congress

The water supply for the biomass sorghum crop was lower-quality pump water containing salts that typically damage crops. The project was located in the western San Joaquin Valley, which has received a low water allocation from state and federal sources for the past several years.

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UC Davis Begins $2.8M Studies on Impacts of Escaped Nitrogen

Green Car Congress

million in new grants to study the use and impacts of escaped nitrogen from agricultural production. But excess nitrogen is emitted from soils, seeps into groundwater and runs off into surface waters. But excess nitrogen is emitted from soils, seeps into groundwater and runs off into surface waters. Tom Tomich.

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EV state champion

Electric Auto Association

Hitting five targets at once Green Raiteros (“Raiteros” translating to “volunteer drivers”) is a reinvention of the informal, self-organized system that local farm workers have relied upon for decades to avoid the 6-hour round trip bus ride to and from appointments in Fresno. Now that the river has water, everyone needs a canoe.” “We

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