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San Francisco orders 175 light rail cars from Siemens for $648M; option for 85 more

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San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Siemens a contract to deliver an initial 175 light rail cars for its Muni transit system at a value of US$648 million. Siemens, which beat CAF for the contract, will deliver a newly-developed light rail car based on its Model S200 for the San Francisco order.

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SMUD accelerates fleet electrification with 5 all-electric medium-duty work trucks

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and the California Mobility Center (CMC) to buy five custom, all-electric work trucks as it works to transition to an all-electric fleet. Electrification efforts have depended upon commercially available technology and focused on electric and hybrid light duty vehicles and hybrid bucket trucks.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

It was the Chevrolet Sprint ER , and I've found a nicely intact example in a car graveyard just east of Sacramento. It also had an upshift light (located in the lower right corner of the cluster) to remind drivers that fuel economy was more important than brisk acceleration.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

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. Identifying ideal routes is key to success,” says the LIGHTS group’s final report , and the learnings were underscored by the fleet operators taking part.

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Guide to California EV Incentives

EV Life

The state’s 22 million passenger cars and light trucks make up 21% of nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions and 58% of PM2.5 Making Electric Vehicles More Affordable: EV Life When it comes to buying a car, you shouldn’t have to choose between saving the planet and saving money. air pollution in the state. air pollution than white Californians.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

What did you tell the folks in Sacramento? That means if you buy retail and you sell wholesale at your meter, it hurts your business case. On the light-duty side we are working with ABB and Wallbox. In Denmark, we’ve done all those light-duty fleets. Charged : We’ve been covering your company for several years.

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