Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

Toyota and Kenworth will deploy a total of 10 trucks as part of the Zero and Near-Zero Emissions Freight Facilities Project (ZANZEFF) ( earlier post ), hauling cargo received at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, throughout the LA Basin. —Bob Carter, Executive Vice President for Automotive Operations Toyota.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

Redeem was the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel, derived from capturing biogenic methane that is produced from the decomposition of organic waste from dairies, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. Clean Energy has extended its multi-year Long Beach Transit maintenance agreement. Homewood Disposal Inc.,

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

During this year’s ACT Expo in Long Beach, California, ElectraMeccanica debuted a “Cargo” version of its flagship three-wheeled EV, the SOLO. The new version, the “SOLO Cargo EV,” was designed with an expanded cargo box specifically for light commercial fleets for operations like deliveries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

The H 2 HPDI fuel system is in a fully functional demonstrator vehicle, to show the ease with which a commercially available, production LNG HPDI system can operate on a zero-carbon fuel such as green hydrogen. The H 2 HPDI demonstrator truck will be on display at the 2022 ACT Expo in Long Beach, California, 9-12 May 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2019

It provides new design and performance opportunities and yields a highly durable piece of hardware—and with this partnership, we’re advancing that capability even further. NASA is partnering with Virgin Orbit of Long Beach, California, to deliver advanced engine hardware that employs NASA and commercial additive manufacturing processes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

The BYD second-generation 8Y battery electric yard tractor will make its world premiere at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach next week, showcasing a design that combines performance, reliability, improved driver comfort and operability, along with zero tailpipe emissions and quiet operation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

A drivable prototype of the W-15 will be unveiled at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach, California, on May 2. Designed specifically to meet the needs of commercial fleets, the W-15 is believed to be the first plug-in, range-extended pickup truck built from the ground up by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2017

US Hybrid has unveiled a zero-emission Class 8 fuel cell port drayage truck featuring its PEM fuel cell system during the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo at the Long Beach Convention Center. Dewei is committed to the successful development of fuel cell technology for commercial buses and trucks, as evidenced by our $42.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

Meritor has a strategic investment in TransPower and is the exclusive commercial distributor of these systems. (At The ElecTruck system uses high-power electric motors, inverters and batteries to power commercial trucks weighing as much as 80,000 lb.). UQM for e-axles. —Joe Mitchell, President and CEO of UQM.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

The solar EV charging tech company launched its product in February 2023 at Intersolar North America in Long Beach, California, and now it’s ready to take pre-orders. The TLCEV T1 charger’s design integrates EV charging directly into solar canopies and carports. (It The TLCEV T1 solar EV charger can supply up to 12.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

Currently being tested in Germany, pilot projects are already being planned for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to connect to cargo centers. When most people think of vehicle emissions, they assume cars do most of the damage, but it’s actually commercial trucks that are largely to blame.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Zero-Emission Freight “Shore to Store” Project: The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) will receive $41.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2014

3M and Rush Enterprises are collaborating to pursue the design, manufacture and installation of a portfolio of compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks and fuel systems for use in Class 6-8 vehicles in North America. —Rory Yanchek, VP and General Manager for 3M’s Aerospace & Commercial Transportation Division. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

TeraWatt announced plans to build heavy-duty shared charging infrastructure along the I-10 corridor in 2022, and was competitively selected by NMDOT to design, build, operate and own the two charging centers. Each site will have 9 pull-through stalls. Once completed, the sites will be able to provide about 300 truck charges per day.

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Baua Electric

JULY 7, 2024

Our collective commitment to pursuing this technology has paid off, helping prove this equipment’s commercial viability.” designed to operate for up to 18 hours between charges. “I commend Yusen Terminals for its vision and leadership. Each of the Taylor Machine Works-built top loaders pack an enormous, 1 MW battery (!?)

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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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Baua Electric

AUGUST 8, 2024

Some of those deals include plans for commercial eVTOL air taxi operations with United Airlines in Chicago and, most recently, Southwest Airlines in California , including Los Angeles. That’s on top of established cooperation agreements for international eVTOL travel networks in regions like the United Arab Emirates and South Korea.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2011

Li-ion battery manufacturer Leyden Energy provided its high energy-density, high-performance Li-ion battery cells for SSI Racing’s electric Dream Car at the annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. This battery is optimal for consumer electronics and custom-designed portable applications and is currently available.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2017

Cummins Westport (CWI) announced its model year 2018 dedicated natural gas engines for regional haul truck / tractor, vocational and transit, school bus, and refuse applications at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, California. The letter “N” denotes engines that are fueled by natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

While both scenarios rely on a not-yet-commercially-available “advanced” battery pack capacity of 1000 kWh, it is also possible to accomplish 71% of the analyzed NFI trips using current technology on the market today, GNA found.

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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.). The overhead wire is fed from a container substation. (In

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2023

The final event took place last November in Long Beach, Calif., Global competition In the Long Beach convention center, XPrize did its best to create an atmosphere that was part rock concert, part sporting event, and part robotics research conference and expo. This approach is not accessible or scalable, however.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

To be able to quickly adapt product designs, LoGrasso said, OEMs need a reduction in the wide range of cell formats and sizes. Many different cell formats and sizes are being developed, all with trade-offs, he pointed out. Prismatic can/box cell (Ni plated steel, Al or plastic), with flattened spiral wound or parallel plate electrodes.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. This program will be designed to integrate with CARB’s recently announced “one-stop-shop,” which focuses on incentives for the ZEV purchase itself, and together these offerings will provide customers support throughout the entire purchase process. Santa Cruz-Watsonville. Santa Rosa.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. This program will be designed to integrate with CARB’s recently announced ‘one-stop-shop,’ which focuses on incentives for the ZEV purchase itself, and together these offerings will provide customers support throughout the entire purchase process. Santa Cruz-Watsonville. Santa Rosa.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

We expect collaborations across multiple disciplines; from 3D bio-printing, cell science, and process design, automated pharmaceutical screening methods to the supply chain expertise needed to rapidly produce and transport these live-saving materials. Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (Chicago, IL). Missouri U.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2009

SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA. SDG&E is working to further evaluate and fine-tune the charging infrastructure, which is a critical link to making electric vehicles commercially viable.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

Basic design of the NuVinci CVP. This improves fuel economy and enables vehicle designers to reduce engine size without sacrificing performance. Current commercial applications of the NuVinci CVP include bicycles and light electric vehicles. Other commercial implementations are in various stages of development.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2023

The blended wing body aircraft, a design that has been under study by NASA and others for three decades [e.g., The DIU was founded in 2015 to help the US military make faster use of emerging commercial technologies. JetZero is based at the Long Beach Airport in the Los Angeles basin.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

We as OEMs are currently on a path to design, sell and service all unique battery packs. 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). It’s easy to identify the problem.

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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 cells use a pouch design, with stacked plates and wide tabs to increase power capability. Energy, kWh.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

California State University, Long Beach - $1,390,252. If commercially successful, small modular reactors would significantly expand the options for nuclear power and its applications, and may prove advantageous compared to the Generation III+ nuclear plants in terms of economics, performance, and security.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2010

A critical technical problem for commercial success with OSSR plays is that of obtaining sufficient permeability to obtain flow at economic rates for what is essentially immobile oil.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2019

Allison Transmission, a global leader in medium- and heavy-duty propulsion solutions for commercial vehicles, introduced the new AXE Series e-axle systems for medium- and heavy-duty trucks at the Advanced Clean Technology (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, CA. —David S. Graziosi, Allison Transmission President and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Basic concept of a calorimeter design. Automakers can use these data to predict battery performance and design thermal management systems capable of maintaining a battery pack within the desired temperature range. Evaluate physical and electrochemical design changes that could lead to better battery modules and improved performance.

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Baua Electric

MAY 28, 2024

Two recent wireless charging pilot programs show the potential for the technology’s use with commercial EV fleets. Indiana roadway to be used in dynamic wireless charging test (photo via Purdue University) The Purdue-designed charging hardware is intended to work at higher power levels than other systems demonstrated in the U.S.

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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. The I-710 Corridor has high levels of health risks related to high levels of diesel particulate emissions, traffic congestion, high truck volumes, high accident rates, and many design features in need of modernization.

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