Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

Scania has for a long time explored the possibilities of electrifying the powertrain in buses and trucks, while Siemens has developed trolley-assist systems for heavy duty trucks and is selling its SIMINE trolley-assist system for mining trucks to that industry. Earlier post.).

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Los Angeles Hybrid Long Beach Vehicles 287

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2014

These new projects will accelerate a statewide hydrogen refueling station network that will support the commercial launch of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in 2015 and boost the installation of electric vehicle chargers along highway corridors and in workplaces. Ontario CNG Station Inc.

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Hydrogen San Diego California Energy 354

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

During a webinar on Monday, Alex Keros of GM highlighted the activities and actions described in the report that are important to continue the momentum of bringing FCEVs and hydrogen fuel to the commercial market. In June 2012, we [CaFCP] published our initial thinking for the next stage of commercialization of fuel cell vehicles.

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California Hydrogen Fuel San Diego 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. This will include building new sites connecting regional destinations, such as supporting travel to the Sierra Mountain communities and destinations like Lake Havasu. Electrify America will invest in these new metro areas added for Cycle 2: Riverside-San Bernardino. Santa Cruz-Watsonville.

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California America San Jose Sacramento 290

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. This will include building new sites connecting regional destinations, such as supporting travel to the Sierra Mountain communities and destinations like Lake Havasu. Santa Cruz-Watsonville. Santa Rosa. Electrify America also will continue to invest in the six Cycle 1 metros: Fresno.

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America California Emissions Vehicles 239

Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2023

In 2018 , the XPrize Foundation announced a competition (sponsored by the Japanese airline ANA) to create “an avatar system that can transport human presence to a remote location in real time,” with the goal of developing robotic systems that could be used by humans to interact with the world anywhere with a decent Internet connection.

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Long Beach Environment Italy 2015 145

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Here at Charged , we’ve been covering the commercial EV market for a decade. After many discussions with players in the commercial EV field, we realized that the problem was proving the performance of EVs. Rustam Kocher has been a pioneer in the commercial EV field. Everything on a commercial vehicle has to be more rugged.

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Fleet Portland Charging Building 52

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

The power behind the sponsorship In its fifth year of IndyCar sponsorship , Capstone provides energy to clients with commercial buildings, hospitals, hotels, colleges, prisons, military bases, multifamily buildings and wastewater treatment plants. We discussed the company’s technology and how it leverages the IndyCar series sponsorship.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2009

Jeon Oh, SK Energy’s Leader, Corporate R&D Center/HEV Battery Project, provided an update on the company’s Li-ion automotive battery activities at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 this week in Long Beach. The pouch design allows tab-to-tab connection, with reduced connection impedance (0.50m?),

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Li-ion PHEV Energy Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

the developer of the NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmission ( earlier post ), introduced a new suite of automotive- and truck-related applications for the NuVinci CVP, referred to as continuously variable accessory drives (CVADs), at the Clean Heavy Duty Conference and Expo in Long Beach, Calif. of Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Fuel Economy Long Beach Gasoline-Electric Engine 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

Specifically on the BEV side, Ford has announced two vehicles: the electric Transit Connect light commercial van in 2010, and the battery electric Focus in 2011 (using new styling and with a new model). Ford chose to develop many of its electrified products on its global C platform—a high-volume platform that sells millions every year.

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Ford Batteries Battery Plug-in 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

NREL presented its initial calorimeter—initially fabricated by Calorimetry Sciences Corporation and later improved upon by NREL—at the Long Beach Battery Conference in January 1998. NETZSCH has a proven track record of developing and commercializing calorimeters and thermal analysis tools to demand requirements.

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Li-ion Commercial Batteries Battery 191

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

I-710 is a major north-south interstate freeway connecting the city of Long Beach to central Los Angeles. Via this corridor, trucks would travel from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the Vernon/Commerce rail yards via a separate facility from the general purpose lanes, generating no local emissions.

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Los Angeles Emissions Long Beach Hybrid 252

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. The project will replace 180 diesel drayage trucks at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with LNG trucks. The project also includes construction of a B20 station.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This familiarity is particularly important in the commercial market, where drivers might swap back and forth between diesel and electric vans. Mercedes also said that it managed to drive from Las Vegas to Long Beach, a 275-mile trip (albeit mildly downhill), on a single charge. The car said we got 2.0 miles per kWh.

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Mercedes Electric Electrical DC 98

Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

Geoffrey Schwartz, Business Development Manager at Littelfuse Commercial Vehicle Products, told Charged some stories to illustrate the chaotic situation that’s delaying the move to EVs. The EPA requirements are that commercial vehicles will have to be 40% electric by 2035. When will they need to go higher than 1,000 volts?

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Standards Market Volt Vehicles 73

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 21, 2017

I have prided myself on my ability to outwork everyone else and deliver top quality results and I have done exactly that for a long, long time now. I had no family connections, inheritance or trust fund. That’s when I also started doing radio commentaries for KLON FM-88 in Long Beach, then an NPR affiliate.

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Los Angeles Climate Washington All-Electric 284

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

A study by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories found that hydrogen fuel cell barges may be both technically feasible and commercially attractive as a clean, quiet and efficient power source to provide electrical power for some types of vessels at berth or at anchorage. —Pratt and Harris (2013). Los Angeles, Calif.; Tacoma, Wash.;

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Fuel Hawaii Hydrogen Honolulu 191

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

During his keynote address at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford outlined a plan for connected cars to help avoid a potential future of what he called “ global gridlock—a never-ending traffic jam that wastes time, energy and resources. ”.

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Personal Ford Industrial Industry 231

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Newsom signed a funding bill to invest $106 million in the construction of additional hydrogen stations through the end of the decade, for the first time backing stations for commercial vehicles as well as passenger cars. Connectivity is through multiple USB-C ports. Hands-free telephone is through Bluetooth.

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