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Albuquerque Faces Opposition To EV Charging Requirement For Developers

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When it comes to EV charging, everyone wants someone else to do it. That’s the challenge I’ve seen as I’ve pushed for more EV charging in rural New Mexico. Businesses want a charging company to pay for the station.

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Emerson and BayoTech partner to scale production and distribution of low-cost, modular SMRs for hydrogen production

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Bayotech argues that the current gray-blue-green color scheme used to classify types of hydrogen production by their carbon footprints is misleading in that using an emissions profile solely at generation excludes all the steps associated in the entire transportation to the use point of the hydrogen.

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Antelope Valley adds 16 more BYD electric buses to fleet

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The K11Ms were originally to go to the Albuquerque, but will now be operating on the streets of the Antelope Valley. Every American-built zero-emission BYD bus eliminates approximately 1,690 tons of CO 2 over its 12-year lifespan, according to the US Department of Transportation.

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Torc Robotics, Schneider announce pilot to further operationalize Level 4 autonomy for long-haul trucking

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Schneider is a premier multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services. Torc operates test facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and engineering offices in Austin, Texas, and Stuttgart, Germany. The next steps include system integration and day-to-day commercial operation pilots throughout 2023 and beyond.

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NM Air Quality Decision-Makers Vote to Continue New Clean Car Standards

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Subsequently, the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board voted unanimously to reject the challenge. The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board voted 4-1 yesterday to reject a challenge to newly enacted clean car standards. These standards will bring more electric vehicles to the state and directly benefit New Mexicans.

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New Mexico Hits the Gas on Cleaner Cars

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By Kathy Harris & Noah Long New Mexicans will now be able to buy cleaner, zero-emission vehicles in the state, thanks to Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) standards unanimously adopted by the Joint Albuquerque New Mexico Environmental Improvement and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Boards (“Boards”).

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When Electric Buses Make Sense, & When They Just Don’t

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In a previous article, I mentioned Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART), a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that went in a few years ago in the city. Like many, I was disappointed that they replaced some allegedly problematic electric buses they had purchased from BYD with “clean diesel” articulated buses.