Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2017

A prototype Mack Pinnacle axle back model equipped with a proprietary plug-in hybrid electric driveline recently participated in a zero-emission eHighway demonstration in Carson, California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Los Angeles Long Beach Plug-in Parts 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2009

A plug-in parallel hybrid electric terminal tractor used to move shipping containers and cargo within the port will be tested at a Port of Long Beach shipping terminal. US Hybrid Corporation performed the conversion which uses a 33 kWh Li-ion battery pack from GAIA. The truck is equipped with a 6.6 kW charger.

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Long Beach EPRI Plug-in Convert 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

A study of a hybrid tugboat, funded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and conducted by UC Riverside, found that when compared with a conventional diesel-powered version, a hybrid tugboat can reduce emissions of PM 2.5 days) was collected on the hybrid tug operating without batteries to. The hybrid tug Carolyn Dorothy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced Vision Industries’ fuel cell plug-in hybrid Class 8 short haul truck, Tyrano, at the State Capitol building in Sacramento on 20 October. less efficient and more polluting. less efficient and more polluting. Earlier post.). 2009 Tyrano Freightliner. Click to enlarge.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 4, 2009

It’s been a long time coming, but we have finally achieved the first “cold ironing&# of a tanker in the Port of Long Beach. Normally, these engines crank out massive amounts of pollution, equal to “a day’s worth of driving by 187,000 cars,&# according to estimates by the Port of Long Beach.

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Plug-in Long Beach Plug Pollution 124

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2017

The California Energy Commission awarded more than $24 million in grants today for clean energy freight transportation projects in Los Angeles and Long Beach and more than $12 million for other clean transportation projects. Recipients included Motiv Power Systems, Inc.,

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Los Angeles Clean Cleaning Transportation 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

ARB made the announcement at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach. Cars: 115,000 Light-duty ZEVs and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles), comprising 71,000 BEVs; 43,000 PHEVs and 1,000 FCEVs. Heavy-duty trucks: 46 class 7+8 heavy duty zero-emission trucks.

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