Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The California Air Resources Board approved $28 million in Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) funding to support two popular statewide incentive programs aimed at bringing the cleanest vehicle technologies to low-income and underserved communities. It builds on the success of the funding plans over the past 11 years that have invested $2.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The California Air Resources Board approved a $663-million low-carbon transportation plan to increase the use of clean cars, heavy-duty trucks, buses and freight equipment. The majority of funding for the Fiscal Year 2017-18 plan comes from California’s cap-and-trade auction proceeds.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2022

The California Air Resources Board approved the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) rule. The rule establishes a year-by-year roadmap so that by 2035 100% of new cars and light trucks sold in California will be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Southern California Edison has proposed an integrated strategic framework for the state of California to meet its ambitious climate and air quality goals. The company found that the clean power and electrification path is the most affordable and feasible approach to reaching California’s climate and air quality goals.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

4 Gen Logistics’ Volvo VNR Electrics fleets will operate two shifts per day, making up to six runs to and from the Port of Long Beach and 4 Gen Logistics’ headquarters in Rialto, California. The enhanced, next generation Volvo VNR Electric model, which began production in Q2 2022, features an operational range of up to 275 miles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030—akin to taking 15 million gasoline-powered cars off the road in one year—by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK-based research firm Cerulogy.

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EV Life

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Folsom, California, 15 October 2020. EV Life, a car site dedicated exclusively to electric vehicles, announced that it was 1 of 28 companies to win a CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC). EV Life was selected from a competitive pool of over 200 startups based in California. About EV Life.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission approved $3,270,066 for six clean transportation projects. Brown's executive order directing state government to support and facilitate the rapid commercialization of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in California, with a 2025 target of having 1.5 million ZEVs on the state's roads.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced that California Climate Investments in zero-emission vehicles have reached $599 million since 2013, putting hundreds of thousands of ultra-clean cars, and entire fleets of zero-emission trucks and buses on California roads and highways.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

These innovations are all key elements in California’s efforts to transition to clean, renewable energy that is both reliable and affordable. California currently has about 369,000 plug-in electric passenger vehicles (PEVs). The California Energy Commission forecasts that 3.9 Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) released two reports assessing the readiness of two different areas of California—the San Diego and the Central Valley regions—for the widespread use of electric vehicles. The reports show a wide difference in preparedness between the two.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The California Air Resources Board approved a $533-million plan to fund clean car rebates, zero-emission transit and school buses, clean trucks, and other innovative, clean transportation and mobility pilot projects. The plan also graduates hybrid vehicles and 8.9-liter liter natural gas low-NO x engines out of HVIP.

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2021

Tesla received 10 orders for its Class 8 Semi from MHX Leasing LLC (MHX) , a full-service logistics operator in California. Together with the Tesla Semis, MHX will also be purchasing two Tesla Megachargers for its MHX-Napa Fontana distribution facility in Fontana, California. The MSRC ultimately awarded MHX $1.9

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

delivered the first all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab (eMSIL) to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Center. We applaud UCLA for its innovative application of a mobile medical unit to transform a critical and costly service, normally fixed in a building, into one that can be transported to any location.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

The “Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy Duty Vehicles” report, authored by GNA on behalf of Southern California Gas Co. California policy makers face challenges in devising a pathway that can simultaneously help the state achieve NO x and GHG reduction targets. Background. grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The California Air Resources Board approved a $483 million plan to fund clean car rebates, zero-emission transit and school buses, clean trucks, and other innovative, clean transportation and mobility pilot projects.

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EV Connect

MAY 10, 2021

Three years ago, Southern California Edison, one of the nation’s largest utility providers, delivering electricity to more than 15 million people across central, coastal and Southern California, rolled out its Charge Ready Pilot program. SCE Charge Ready will help provide the infrastructure plug-in EV drivers will need.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

The California Air Resources Board on Thursday adopted the final greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cap-and-trade regulation. The program also complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants and improve energy efficiency in homes and businesses. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

California, Georgia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington—have electric vehicle sales shares that are approximately 2–4 times the national average. They calculated benefits over the duration of ownership of the vehicle, assumed to be six years based on the average length of time a new vehicle is retained by the purchaser.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Established under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the LoNo program focuses on deploying the cleanest and most energy-efficient US-made transit buses designed to cut CO 2 and criteria pollutant emissions. Sunline Transit Agency, in partnership with Southern California Association of Governments.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Private fleet EV purchases are increasing at a faster rate overall than consumer EV purchases. Scope 2 emissions are indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, heat, or cooling. Employees who drive a fleet EV for work might have to adapt quickly if they’ve never charged an EV before.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2017

ARB has now released the Midterm Review of Advanced Clean Cars Program —an extensive evaluation of the California passenger vehicle market and technology. The report indicates that existing programs in California will add at least 1 million zero-emission vehicles on its roads and highways by 2025. PM and criteria pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. Federal Purchases of Renewable Electricity.

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Plug in America

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In his visionary words, “It is the policy of my Administration to organize and deploy the full capacity of its agencies to combat the climate crisis to implement a Government-wide approach that reduces climate pollution in every sector of the economy.”. Without batteries, you can’t build EVs.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 7, 2021

Tesla is planning to build a new Tesla Semi truck production line at a new building near its Gigafactory Nevada plant. According to TheStreet a California-based logistics company, MHX Leasing has secured $1.9 Tesla plans to manufacture 5 electric trucks per week. It plans to produce 5 electric trucks per week.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced Vision Industries’ fuel cell plug-in hybrid Class 8 short haul truck, Tyrano, at the State Capitol building in Sacramento on 20 October. There are currently more than 100,000 short haul trucks in California and more than 1 million nationwide. less efficient and more polluting.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. Many were covered in detail during a day of presentations and site visits for partners and media held this past August in Ontario, California.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

New York has also adopted the California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulations, which require automakers to sell an increasing number of PEVs in New York State. For example, proposals could focus on: How to reduce the impact of charging vehicles on the grid; How vehicles can be integrated into buildings to provide backup power; or.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

The bill also calls for the harmonization of Federal and California motor vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards. This can include the reconstruction or retooling of facilities for the manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles developed and produced in the United States; and the purchase of domestically for the plug-ins.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The California Air Resources Board on Friday approved the Innovative Clean Transit regulation (ICT) ( earlier post )—a first-of-its-kind regulation in the US that sets a statewide goal for public transit agencies to gradually transition to 100% zero-emission bus (ZEB) fleets by 2040. Transit agencies are expected to save $1.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America last week submitted supplemental information to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) detailing its proposed charging investment in and benefit to underserved, low-income, and disadvantaged communities in the state as part of its court-mandated investment plan. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2017

PG&E addresses three specific areas: Expanding the electrification for fleets with medium- and heavy-duty vehicles including school buses, transit agencies and delivery fleets that often use diesel, a highly polluting fuel. Exploring new uses for vehicle electrification through five, one-year projects for an overall budget of $20 million.

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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. I was a big part of building the first-of-its-kind—at least in the Western world that we knew of—heavy-duty charging site in Portland, Oregon.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. Buyers must agree to register and operate the vehicles in California at least 90 percent of the time for three years. $7 20 million for hydrogen fueling infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2011

Under the new program, trucks and buses built in 2014 through 2018 will reduce oil consumption by a projected 530 million barrels and greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by approximately 270 million metric tons. The joint DOT/EPA program will include a range of targets which are specific to the diverse vehicle types and purposes.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

The main obstacles will be regulatory and, especially, environmental: Supersonic airliners could be hugely more polluting than their subsonic counterparts. government established a Supersonic Transport Advisory Committee, which began discussions with international partners about building a supersonic airliner. Boom Supersonic.

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