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Long Beach Transit receives $600K grant for 40 Cummins near-zero CNG engines

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Long Beach Transit (LBT) recently received a $600,000 grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Near Zero Incentive Program for the purchase of 40 Cummins “near-zero” compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. Earlier post.)

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First US eHighway demonstration running in California; battery-electric, CNG-hybrid and diesel-hybrid trucks

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Siemens and the California South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) are conducting a one-mile, zero-emission eHighway demonstration in Carson, Calif., near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. In June 2016, Siemens launched the world’s first eHighway system on public roads in Sweden. Earlier post.).

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SCAQMD funding Siemens test of eHighway overhead catenary system for electric trucks in California

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Siemens will conduct trials of its eHighway system ( earlier post ) in California on a two-mile (3.2 km) stretch of highway after installing a catenary system for electric and hybrid trucks in the vicinity of the largest US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Click to enlarge. The 30-kilometer (18.6-mile) Click to enlarge.

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SpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California

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SpaceX’s longest-lived and most prolific drone ship has departed Port Canaveral just a few days after preparations appeared to begin for a several-thousand-mile journey from Florida to California. And the droneship is departing Port Canaveral on its way to California! Mighty Servant 1 is a massive submersible heavy-lift ship.

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Mercedes-Benz fuel cell vehicles drive from LA to Northern California using only public hydrogen stations

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A team driving five B-Class F-CELL refilled at four permanent hydrogen fueling stations located in Burbank, Coalinga, West Sacramento and Emeryville, accumulating nearly 1,000 miles over the course of their three day trip. More than 40 public retail hydrogen stations are planned to be opened in 2016. million kilometers).

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Cal Energy Commission grants $2.4M for Class 8 fuel cell hybrid trucks at ports; $1.2M for PEV fleet and V2G software upgrade

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million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) under the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to build and to test seven hybrid fuel-cell, Class 8 trucks to transport cargo at the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports. gallon per minute flow rate on 1 July 2016. effective 1 September.

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US EPA Proposes New Emissions Rules for Category 3 Marine Diesel Engines, Tighter Fuel Sulfur Restrictions; Harmonization with International Standards

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The proposed rulemaking follows on a proposal last March by the United States and Canada to designate thousands of miles of the two countries’ coasts as an Emission Control Area (ECA). Earlier post.) The Tier 2 standards would result in a 15 to 25% NO x reduction below the current Tier 1 levels. EPA Oceangoing Vessels.

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