Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Electrify America plans to invest $200 million in California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure and education programs over the next 30 months. Approximately 90% of Californians now live within 15 miles of an Electrify America ultra-fast charger, with 96% living within 25 miles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

Toyota, Kenworth, the Port of Los Angeles and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unveiled the first of Toyota and Kenworth’s jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks during a special event held at the Port of Los Angeles. —Bob Carter, Executive Vice President for Automotive Operations Toyota.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

Canada-based Loop Energy’s heavy-duty fuel cell range extender ( earlier post ) will power two new zero-emission hybrid-electric Class 8 drayage trucks that will operate for a one-year period as part of a FAST TRACK Fuel Cell Truck Project in southern California. —Ben Nyland, President and CEO of Loop Energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Ecology, a transportation and logistics company in California, has switched its fleet of more than 600 trucks to run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel and is reporting cleaner fuel filters, fewer maintenance problems and reductions in tailpipe emissions. Switching 600 trucks, which drive on average 25,000 miles per year at approximately 2.5

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2014

emissions standards grow stricter, carmakers appear to be keeping pace thus far. Cars and light-duty trucks built for the 2012 model year beat EPA environmental standards, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This image shows a methane plume 2 miles (3 kilometers) long that NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission detected southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is much more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

An aerial methane survey conducted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Energy Commission (CEC) and NASA has found that just 10% of the point sources were responsible for 60% of the total methane emissions detected. Those 30, however, were responsible for 40% of the total point source emissions detected during the survey.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2020

As of 15 June, SmaRT Ride will also service approximately one-square mile into the south Oak Park neighborhood, an area historically challenged by limited public transportation options. Green Commuter previously ordered 103 EV Stars from GreenPower and by month’s end will have taken delivery of 51 units from Greenpower.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2018

The new truck, known internally as “Beta,” expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first Project Portal test vehicle by increasing the estimated range to more than 300 miles per fill. More than 16,000 pollution-emitting trucks are working in Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, a number that is estimated to balloon to 32,000 by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

The vehicle produced virtually zero emissions during the 3,000 mile (4,828 km) Australian journey, a distance roughly 200 miles (322 km) further than from New York City to Los Angeles. The Wind Explorer took advantage of crosswinds by using large, steerable kites to cover hundreds of miles. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

The all-new, fully electric BMW iX Sports Activity Vehicle ( earlier post ) and BMW i4 Gran Coupé ( earlier post ) will make their North American debuts during two media events on 1 June when they are unveiled at [SPACE] by BMW, a new immersive BMW brand experience at The Grove in Los Angeles. PST / 6:01 p.m.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

BMW of North America won its bid to supply the Los Angeles Police Department with 100 battery-electric BMW i3 vehicles for use in the department’s transportation fleet. The announcement comes after a field trial during which a BMW i3 was evaluated alongside other EVs on the streets of Los Angeles as part of the LAPD’s every day fleet.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

The fully electric Volvo semi trucks purchased will haul both heavy cargo containers and customer package loads in Amazon’s first- and middle-mile operations in California. The trucks will join the hundreds of last-mile electric vans from Ford and Rivian that are already delivering packages across the golden state.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. Most emission inventory calculations use a computer model to estimate the fleet’s emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The latest generation of natural gas engines for heavy-duty vehicles can reduce smog-forming emissions by more than 90% compared to the cleanest heavy-duty diesel trucks. When these ultra-low emissions natural gas trucks are fueled with renewable natural gas, greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by at least 80%.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

In-use testing of three light duty diesel vehicles—certified to US-EPA Tier2-Bin5 and California LEV-II ULEV emissions limits— found a wide variation in real world emissions performance relative to the regulatory limits. diesels and one 3.0L diesel) over pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) posted eleven new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathways to the LCFS public comments website. Once the corn oil has been converted to renewable diesel, the finished fuel is transported an estimated 7,677 nautical miles (8,828 miles) by ocean tanker to Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

The staff of the California Air Resources Board has posted six new applications for pathways for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), two of which are from Neste Oil for renewable diesel (RD) produced at its plant in Singapore from (a) North American tallow and (b) Southeast Asian fish oil. gCO 2 e/MJ. North American tallow RD. CI = 39.33

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Electrify America announced its next $200-million investment in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure as well as education and awareness in California which is outlined in its Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan submitted to the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. Santa Rosa.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2017

Throughout 2017, a fully-functional Finnish sauna on wheels will travel 12,000 miles across the US. Neste’s low-carbon drop-in renewable diesel called Neste MY Renewable Diesel will be used to fuel the truck carrying the sauna while traveling along the UUS West Coast.

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Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

US’s largest heavy-duty electric truck microgrid Prologis (NYSE: PLD) and Performance Team , A Maersk Company, have launched the heavy-duty electric truck charging depot near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Performance Team operates more than 140 EVs across the US.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted four new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathways to the LCFS web site. The CI of a fuel is determined by the sum of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production, transportation, processing and consumption of a fuel (its pathway). Earlier post.) g CO 2 e/MJ.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The BMW Group will showcase five electric vehicles at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show including the North American premieres of the BMW i Vision Dynamics, MINI Electric Concept, BMW i3s, and a World Premiere vehicle that will be shown during the BMW Group press conference on Wednesday, 29 November. of total BMW Group sales in the US.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Element Markets Renewable Energy (EMRE) has filed applications for certification of three California LCFS (Low Carbon Fuel Standard) Tier 2 pathways for biomethane (Bio-CNG, Bio-LNG, and Bio-L-CNG) from anaerobic digestion of swine manure produced by Valley View Farms located in Greencastle, Missouri. gCO 2 e/MJ, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2018

Big Blue Bus (BBB), a bus operator serving Santa Monica and the Los Angeles area, will invest $18.3 Among other enhancements, buses will be equipped with Cummins-Westport Near-Zero engines and fueled by Renewable Natural Gas, to further reduce NO x vehicle emissions by more than 90% by December 2018. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Zero-emission electric buses are of particular interest in California, where there are many environmental non-attainment zones and California Air Resource Board (CARB) regulations in play. Foothill Transit is entering its 25 th year of serving the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in Los Angeles County.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted five new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications to the LCFS public comments website: two for biodiesel, one for renewable diesel, and two for ethanol. The carbon intensity (CI) for biodiesel from CO is 9.78. The baseline CI value for gasoline is 95.86 g CO 2 e/MJ.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Designed specifically for short-haul or drayage operations, this heavy-duty truck can pull a 60,000-pound cargo container at a top speed of 40 mph, and has a range between 30 to 60 miles per battery charge. kWh per mile driven unloaded; and 4.4 kWh per mile driven with full load. tons per year of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Source: Hyundai Kia-owner Hyundai certainly isn’t in a big rush to go carbon neutral. For the Nexo, a recharge can take you 380 miles, with its only emissions being water vapor. It has set its target as the far-away date of 2050. Problem is, there is nowhere to charge them.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Volkswagen unveiled the Golf Sportwagen HyMotion hydrogen fuel cell hybrid research vehicle demonstrator yesterday at the Los Angeles Auto Show ( earlier post ). Two of the total of four carbon fiber composite hydrogen tanks are housed under the rear seat and the other two in the luggage compartment floor. Passat HyMotion in LA.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

The top four cities included first-ranked Los Angeles and second-ranked San Francisco with Chicago and New York tied for third. THINK plans to begin selling the THINK City, which will have a top speed of more than 70 miles per hour and a range of more than 100 miles per full charge, in target US cities beginning this year.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Alpha Motor Corporation exclusively previewed the company’s striking performance edition sedan named SUPERSAGA at THE ZEVAS, the Los Angeles Auto Show’s inaugural zero-emission vehicle awards program powered by Electrify America last week. Alpha Motor Corporation SUPERSAGA electric performance sedan .

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved Electrify America’s plan to invest its second $200 million in California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure and education programs. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. Electrify America will invest in these new metro areas added for Cycle 2: Riverside-San Bernardino.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Velozzi, a Los Angeles-based car designer and manufacturer, will integrate Capstone Turbine’s C65 and C30 microturbines into its electric supercar and a crossover vehicle, respectively. According to Velozzi, the cars will operate on 100% battery power in zero-emissions mode for a range of up to 200 miles.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 5, 2011

How’d you like to enjoy 7-and-a-half miles of L.A. CicLaVia where public streets from Boyle Heights to Downtown, MacArthur Park to East Hollywood will be shut down to traffic and open to you and me emission free. streets free of motorized vehicles and open only to bicyclists and pedestrians?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2011

The CPV Sentinel project is located near Desert Hot Springs, five miles northwest of Palm Springs. The aero-derivative LMS100 gas turbine-generators helped CPV Sentinel meet environmental challenges and assisted in reducing carbon dioxide emissions. GE’s LMS100 can reach full load in 10 minutes. Click to enlarge.

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