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The US’s largest heavy-duty electric truck microgrid is powered by… natural gas

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Southern California’s largest heavy-duty electric truck charging depot, powered by the US’s largest electric truck microgrid, is now online and fueled by natural gas. Performance Team will charge its fleet of Volvo VNR Electric trucks there – the e-trucks have a range of 240 miles and can charge up to 80% in 90 minutes.

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Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

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Clean Energy Fuels Corp delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutral transportation fuel continued in 2019, closing out the year with significant deals throughout North America.

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Oakland school district now has a 100% electric, V2G-capable school bus fleet – Charged EVs

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The transition to electric school buses is well underway in California—school districts in the state had ordered over 2,000 electric buses as of late 2023. In May, the Oakland Unified school district announced the conversion of its entire school bus fleet to EVs. Oakland isn’t the only community where Zum is active.

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Tesla to greatly expand Supercharging in Iceland with partnership with gas stations

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Tesla announced plans to greatly expand the Supercharger network in Iceland through a partnership with a gas station chain. Iceland is perfect for the massive adoption of electric vehicles. The island’s electricity generation is already almost 100% renewable, which makes EVs super clean, and being a remote island, petrol is expensive.

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Maritime Transport begins electrification of trucking fleet

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One of the UK’s leading road and rail logistics companies, Maritime Transport, is making some big moves in a bid to electrify its trucking fleet – with fully 18 all-electric, three axle tractor units from Scania leading the charge. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Final US mpg rules through 2031 go easy on gas trucks, SUVs

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The federal government on Friday revealed vehicle efficiency standards for 2027-2031 that improve the fleet fuel efficiency of new cars and trucks—slightly. As the International Energy Agency last week underscored, SUVs emit about 20% more CO2 than cars , whether they’re electric or not. vehicle sales.

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Oakland is now first in the US to have a 100% electric school bus fleet – and it’s V2G

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Photo: Zum An Oakland, California, school district is the first in the US to transition to a 100% electric school bus system with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Modern student transportation platform Zum has provided Oakland Unified School District with a fleet of 74 electric school buses and bidirectional chargers.

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