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Fontaine Modification offers refrigerated trailer electrification through new strategic alliance with eNow

Green Car Congress

Fontaine will offer application engineering, integration, and installation of eNow’s proprietary renewable Rayfrigeration eTRU technology on refrigerated trailers from all manufacturers. Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) magazine named eNow’s eTRU system for reefer trailers one of the Top 20 Products of the year in 2020.

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Two Volvo Trucks carriers, Producers Dairy order VNR electric trucks

Green Car Congress

The Volvo VNR Electric model entered serial production at NRV earlier this year. To support the charging of its battery-electric fleet, Producers Dairy has installed two 150 kW DC fast chargers at its Fresno dairy processing facility with the ability to upgrade for future capacity.

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CARB settles with American Honda Motor for $6.9M for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines

Green Car Congress

In 2019, CARB testing revealed several small off-road engine (SORE) products did not meet CARB evaporative emission standards. (Honda) of Torrance, California for $6.9 million for violations of CARB’s air quality regulations. This is the second enforcement action against Honda in the past two years.

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Tesla Semi Pepsico fleet ready to take on the road

Teslarati

Public documents showed that the global beverage company submitted to install 8 Megacharger stalls at its facility in Fresno, California. In February, PepsiCo expanded its Tesla Semi Megacharger site as it prepared for its sustainable fleet.

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Lightning Systems battery-electric heavy-duty Ford Transit showing 61 MPGe city, 66 MPGe highway

Green Car Congress

The LightningElectric is a battery-electric drivetrain package for the heavy-duty Ford Transit, a product used extensively by commercial and government fleets. This product will be available in summer 2018 with a focus on the California market where significant vouchers for fuel cell vehicles and infrastructure are available.

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More Tesla stationary ESS partnerships: Cargill and PG&E, LichtBlick

Green Car Congress

Cargill is collaborating with Tesla and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to install a 1 MWh Tesla energy storage product at the company’s Fresno, California beef processing facility. Earlier post.). Electric utility cost savings are estimated to be more than $100,000 annually.

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EV state champion

Electric Auto Association

Perhaps most impressively, Mayor Leon was behind the forging of a partnership with EVgo that funded the installation of 10 electric vehicle (EV) chargers, and worked with Electrify America to install another twelve. We also hope to provide some of these bikes to small businesses in town for product deliveries.” “We

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