Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Each of the 11 projects will receive matching funds from private and public partners. Partner match: $15.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

A study of a hybrid tugboat, funded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and conducted by UC Riverside, found that when compared with a conventional diesel-powered version, a hybrid tugboat can reduce emissions of PM 2.5 Built by Seattle-based Foss Maritime, it began working the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in January 2009.

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Pollution Emissions Hybrid Los Angeles 247

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2020

New York’s State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that more than $24 million is now available to replace diesel-powered transit buses with new all-electric transit buses. As part of the state’s $127.7-million As part of the state’s $127.7-million

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2018

Since it first began operation in April 2017, the Project Portal “Alpha” truck has logged nearly 10,000 miles of testing and real-world drayage operations in and around the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles while emitting nothing but water vapor. With a gross combined weight capacity of 80,000 lbs.

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Long Beach Toyota Hydrogen Los Angeles 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2017

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released the draft of their proposed 2017 C lean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update. The plan carries over previous 2023 targets for cutting other primary pollutants aimed at reducing diesel particulate matter (DPM) 77%, sulfur oxides (SO x ) 93%, and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) 59% below 2005 levels.

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2017 Clean Cleaning Los Angeles 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2010

Foss Maritime Company, builder and operator of a hybrid tugboat ( earlier post ), will add a second hybrid tug, a retrofit, to its Southern California fleet with the help of an air quality grant obtained by the Port of Long Beach. Richard Cameron, Director of Environmental Planning at the Port of Long Beach. More than 1.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

Electric drivetrain power and control systems, as well as batteries and accessories, will be supplied by TransPower, a California-based manufacturer of integrated drive systems, full-electric truck solutions and energy-storage subsystems. Two 520 refuse haulers will be tested by Sacramento County and a waste hauler will operate one truck.

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Peterbilt All-Electric San Diego Los Angeles 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Port of Long Beach received a $30.1-million The project will bring approximately 60 electric, human-operated yard tractors to Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT). Aerial photo of Long Beach Container Terminal with two Cosco vessels at berth. The Port of Long Beach announced Friday it will receive a $30.1

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Long Beach Clean Cleaning Emissions 210

Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

Nikola, producer of fuel cell and battery electric semi trucks, held a grand opening for the first of its HYLA refueling stations. That push is particularly focused on the trucking routes between the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the distribution centers of the Inland Empire – which Ontario lies at the heart of.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

ARB made the announcement at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach. Delivery, utility and refuse trucks: 950 trucks comprising 107 utility trucks; 732 hybrid delivery and refuse trucks; and 111 battery-electric delivery trucks. Heavy-duty trucks: 46 class 7+8 heavy duty zero-emission trucks.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world. Some makers suggest hydrogen fuel cells will be the way to go; the most promising application seems to be long-haul trucking with few or no stops. That’s about to change.

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Volvo Fleet Electric Electrical 132

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Q&A with electric truck expert Rustam Kocher Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small fraction of the vehicles on the road, but they generate a disproportionate amount of pollution. Charged : You recently wrote, “Commercial vehicle battery packs are tough to source.” Is the supply of battery packs going to be a bottleneck?

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Fleet Portland Charging Building 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky. The project will replace 180 diesel drayage trucks at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with LNG trucks. Total DOE award: $13,181,171. Total DOE award: $5,924,190.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The additional funding will cover demonstration projects of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and range-extended hybrid electric/natural gas heavy-duty drayage trucks operating at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The fuel produced will be enough to replace 56,000 gallons of conventional diesel.

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Alternative Fuels California Fuel Energy 199

Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

They can’t go much above 800 to 1,000 volts in battery technology with their electronics only at 1,200 volts. Probably one of the fastest things out there going electric is underground mining, because one of the big problems is, when you have diesel equipment down in a mine, how do you get all the fumes out?

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