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CARB and truck and engine manufacturers announce partnership to meet climate and emission reduction goals

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Daimler Truck North America; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Company; Hino Motors Limited, Inc.; Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc.; Truck manufacturers commit to meeting CARB’s zero-emission and criteria pollutant regulations in the state regardless of any attempts by other entities to challenge California’s authority.

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California JETSI to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks

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The project, known as Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative, or JETSI, is the largest commercial deployment of battery-electric trucks in North America to date. With the deployment of a combined 50 BETs at its Ontario facility, NFI will operate the first 100% zero-emission freight logistics fleet in California.

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Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

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—Andrew Lund, chief engineer, Toyota Motor North America Research and Development. Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A. Port fleet rollout. Toyota’s next generation fuel cell electric technology is now powering a new set of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks. and Long Beach is an important driver of this program.

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GILLIG to supply Seattle transit agency with up to 395 battery-electric buses – Charged EVs

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“The buses operating out of this base will serve surrounding south King County communities, where air pollution levels are higher than in other parts of the region.” Source: GILLIG The post GILLIG to supply Seattle transit agency with up to 395 battery-electric buses – Charged EVs appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. Short-lived climate pollutants.

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Progress! IRA signed into law

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Most comprehensive climate package in U.S. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a massive climate, health care, and tax bill with the overarching goal of slowing the rise in consumer prices that have been climbing at the fastest pace in approximately 40 years. has a free trade agreement, or with materials recycled in North America.

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SunLine orders five New Flyer fuel cell buses

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This project is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment—particularly in disadvantaged communities. million passengers per year.

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