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Oakland To Use Electric Buses To Provide Backup Power To Municipal Buildings

CleanTechnica EVs

The electric buses used in Oakland were purchased from New Flyer and are […].

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ARB Puts in Additional $8M for Port of Oakland Trucks

Green Car Congress

The additional Proposition 1B funding will provide $5,000 per truck for 1,216 additional trucks to install particulate matter filters on their rigs, and provide $50,000 for owners of 103 old trucks to purchase newer models. ARB will continue to work with its local, port and federal partners to seek additional compliance assistance funding.

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Tesla driving range complaints must head to arbitration

Teslarati

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers from Oakland, California, said the owners must individually pursue their claims. Tesla has been able to send many cases brought against it to arbitration due to this agreement at the time of purchase. ” The driving range on electric vehicles varies due to many factors.

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

Green Car Congress

The zero-emission bus purchase was supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No- Emission funding. LTD has a longstanding commitment to sustainability. In 2014, it received silver level certification for the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) sustainability commitment.

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SF Bay Area local governments roll out 90 EVs into their fleets

Green Car Congress

The public agencies receiving vehicles are: Alameda County, Sonoma County, San Francisco, Concord, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Oakland, Fremont, the Marin Municipal Water District, and Sonoma County Water Agency. The EVs—projected to be 64 Ford Focus sedans, 23 Nissan LEAF sedans and 3 Zenith vans—were purchased with $2.8

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New California program to make clean cars affordable for lower-income residents

Green Car Congress

The Clean Vehicle Assistance Program, run by the Oakland-based nonprofit Beneficial State Foundation, was launched with a $5-million CARB grant. The California Air Resources Board announced a new statewide grant and loan program to help lower-income consumers across California get into the cleanest new and used cars on the market.

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Successful consumer trial of Soladiesel algae-based biodiesel at Propel Fuels locations

Green Car Congress

announced that sales and survey results from a 30-day retail pilot program show consumers prefer the environmental benefits of algae-derived biodiesel compared to conventional fuels; would purchase more of it if it was widely available; and would even pay a premium for it. Solazyme, Inc.

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