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The Port of San Diego just deployed one of the largest electric forklifts in the US

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Photo: SSA Marine The Port of San Diego has put the first commercially available, large-capacity, electric forklift made in the US into service. Leading the charge at the Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal is a 55,000-pound capacity Wiggins Yard eBull battery electric forklift. Get started here. –

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San Diego MTS Board approves two major CNG bus procurements with combined value of up to $343.4 million

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The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Board of Directors recently voted to approve two major bus procurements: up to 350 Gillig 40-foot low-floor CNG buses and up to 165 New Flyer 60-foot low-floor articulated CNG buses through 2017. At the end of the contracts, more than 95% of MTS buses will run on cleaner compressed natural gas.

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Chevron partners with Clean Energy On Adopt-A-Port initiative to supply renewable natural gas for port trucks

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on Adopt-a-Port, an initiative that provides truck operators serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with cleaner, carbon-negative renewable natural gas (RNG) to reduce emissions. Chevron is partnering with California natural gas retailer Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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California Assemblymembers introduce bill phasing out gasoline-fueled small off-road engines

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California Assemblymembers Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to phase out the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines (SORE), which are primarily used in lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and other outdoor power equipment.

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US EPA awards $9.6M in DERA grants to reduce harmful diesel emissions in California

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Cajon Valley Union School District (CVUSD) in San Diego received $1,000,000 to replace five school buses with zero emission battery-electric buses. The project will also replace one diesel sweeper at the Port of Los Angeles with two cleaner Tier 4 engines.

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Ricardo partners with Excel Engineering to deliver testing and prototype services; Excel acquiring Ricardo’s Michigan Test Center and Personnel

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One of our initial steps has been developing a leadership team to help clients in the US, Mexico and Canada close the gap from conventional transportation to a cleaner, connected mobility future. Ricardo Inc., We are restructuring our business to increase focus and investment in future technologies.

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Ricardo partners with Achates Power to launch West Coast powertrain team

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Both companies are located in the San Diego area, we both develop cleaner, more efficient engines and our first order of business is to support Ricardo as they work on an expanding set of opposed-piston internal combustion engine projects. It’s a nice synergy.

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