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California Energy Commission awards more than $17M to support alternative fuel and infrastructure projects

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $17,223,593 for eight projects including alternative fuel production, plug-in truck demonstrations, EV charging station deployment, and infrastructure planning. The order also requires the installation of sufficient infrastructure to support 1 million ZEVs in California by 2020.

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Sysco Corporation intends to purchase up to 800 battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 trucks

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The first eCascadia delivery is expected to arrive at Sysco’s Riverside, California site later this year. After well over one million-miles (1.6 With more than 58,000 associates, the company operates 343 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 650,000 customer locations. Earlier post.)

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FedEx receives first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop

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received its first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop, the technology startup from General Motors (GM) focused on decarbonizing last-mile delivery. The first 150 BrightDrop Zevo 600s were delivered throughout Southern California to FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. FedEx Corp. Earlier post.).

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LAWA takes delivery of its first heavy-duty electric truck, a Nikola Tre for LAX

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The Nikola Tre BEV has a range of up to 330 miles on a single charge of its 733 kWh battery pack, and will use a new 75kW DC charging station being installed at LAX. The LAWA purchase qualified for a $120,000 rebate via the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project.

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US has more than 68,800 electric vehicle charging units

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A DC fast charger adds 60 to 80 miles of range per 20 minutes of charging, while a Level 2 charger adds 10 to 20 miles of range per one hour of charging. Source: Alternative Fuels Data Center. Counts include both public and non-residential private charging units. A charging unit refers to a single charge point.

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CalEPA contracting with University of California for studies on vehicle emissions and fossil fuel demand and supply

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Study 2: Identify strategies to decrease demand and supply of fossil fuels, while managing the decline of fossil fuel use in a way that is economically responsible and sustainable. The study is to include, but not be limited to, strategies for reducing vehicle miles traveled, including increasing transit ridership.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California. Alternative fuel vehicles awards.