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Prototype Mack heavy-duty plug-in hybrid truck part of e-Highway demo near Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2017

A prototype Mack Pinnacle axle back model equipped with a proprietary plug-in hybrid electric driveline recently participated in a zero-emission eHighway demonstration in Carson, California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Long Beach Plug-in Parts

The US’s largest heavy-duty electric truck microgrid is powered by… natural gas

Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

Southern California’s largest heavy-duty electric truck charging depot, powered by the US’s largest electric truck microgrid, is now online and fueled by natural gas. Performance Team will charge its fleet of Volvo VNR Electric trucks there – the e-trucks have a range of 240 miles and can charge up to 80% in 90 minutes.

Gas-Electric

Gas-Electric Gas Power Powered

Rocsys to supply autonomous CCS charging solutions to SSA Marine for electric yard tractors at Port of Oakland

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

The systems will autonomously charge part of the electric yard tractor fleet of SSA Marine at the International Container Terminal at the Port of Oakland. Drivers will only have to park yard tractors near charging stations versus manually connecting vehicles to the stations.

Oakland

Oakland Mariner Long Beach Supplies

Stäubli, SSA Marine and Tritium team to create largest automated electric vehicle charging port program in US

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

Stäubli Electrical Connectors, a leading manufacturer of electrical connector solutions, has signed an agreement with SSA Marine to provide automatic charging stations for 33 terminal tractors at the Port of Long Beach. Stäubli QCC.

Mariner

Mariner Long Beach Electric Vehicles Charging

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

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) is leading a landmark effort along with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks across California.

California

California Los Angeles North America Batteries

DOT awarding up to $435M for 34 University Transportation Centers

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It will concentrate research activities in three critical domains: vehicle technology to accelerate lower greenhouse gas emissions, infrastructure provision, and reshaping travel demand.

Universal

Universal Transportation Texas South Carolina

First US eHighway demonstration running in California; battery-electric, CNG-hybrid and diesel-hybrid trucks

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. This catenary system supplies the trucks with electric power; the system also allows for truck operation outside of the electrified sections of infrastructure. Earlier post.). Heavy-duty trucks are the leading source of smog-forming emissions in Southern California.

Hybrid

Hybrid California Diesel Los Angeles

SCAQMD funding Siemens test of eHighway overhead catenary system for electric trucks in California

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

km) stretch of highway after installing a catenary system for electric and hybrid trucks in the vicinity of the largest US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. On the road, E-trucks equipped with hybrid drive and smart current collectors will be supplied with electricity from catenaries, offering local zero-emission operation.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Long Beach California Electric

New fleet customers for XL Hybrid’s plug-in hybrid upfit for Ford F-150 pickups

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

XL Hybrids TYs7Oafol48Kkc8KJgZoTHgMu0w8LYSbRdYOj2VdwnuKwa">announced new fleet customers who intend to purchase its XLP plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) upfit solution for Ford F-150 pickup trucks. Three of the latest companies that intend to add XLP F-150s to their fleet include the City of Long Beach, Calif.;

F-150

F-150 Fleet Plug-in Ford

California Energy Commission approves $46.6M for hydrogen refueling and $2.8M for EV charging projects

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2014

The California Energy Commission gave final approval for nearly $50 million in grant awards for hydrogen refueling and electric charging construction projects recommended for funding in notices of proposed awards published in April and May. million hydrogen, battery electric, and plug-in electric vehicles on the roadway by 2025.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen San Diego California Energy

See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, thru April

Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s that time of year again, time for events across the country to show off electric vehicles at Drive Electric Earth Month. Drive Electric Earth Month is an offshoot of Drive Electric Week , a long-running annual tradition hosting meetups mostly in the US, but also occasionally in other countries.

Phoenix

Phoenix Long Beach Electric Electrical

Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

IndyCar sponsorship allows the company to connect its advanced energy technologies with the advanced technologies in racing, educating potential customers how they can produce clean, reliable energy for everyday use, peak and stand-by emergency power. It fits perfectly with the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as it addresses climate warming.

Green

Green Indianapolis Clean Cleaning

We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

Arc has built the first models of its much-anticipated Arc Sport 500hp electric wake boat, and we got a chance to take it for a quick demo in Long Beach, CA and holy heck, this thing rips. Arc is a very new company – it was founded in 2021 in Los Angeles, and is targeting the luxury boat market with high-powered electric boats.

Water

Water Electric Electrical Tahoe

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

The electric road ahead for heavy trucks is not exactly clear, and there are several roadblocks, some obvious and some far less so. Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. Soon they won’t have a choice.

Fleet

Fleet Portland Charging Building

CALSTART study concludes zero-emission I-710 freight corridor achievable; hybrid truck with catenary or in-road power most feasible option

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.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Emissions Long Beach Hybrid

Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

If there was ever a car on the road fitting the bill as future, it is the 2024 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV). An alternative fuel Lexus with a Toyota badge For now, Californians have the opportunity to own a very nice electric car powered by compressed hydrogen gas. No plugging in to an electrical outlet.

Toyota

Toyota Hydrogen Lexus California

Mercedes eSprinter first drive: here’s the deal – it’s a van, but it’s electric

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mercedes invited us out to drive the new eSprinter, the electric version of Mercedes’ cargo van, and if there’s one thing I want you to understand about it is: it’s a van , but it’s electric. So is the future looking good for Mercedes’ electric vans? Now, the eSprinter has been refreshed into a “2.0” Let’s dig in. miles per kWh.

Mercedes

Mercedes Electric Electrical DC

Does your home have the power you need?

Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 2, 2022

Charging EVs, in older, smaller houses with limited electricity By Eugen Dunlap, Member, Sacramento Electric vehicle association. Span smart electric panel. My dream and goal has always been to transition from our current natural gas system and into using solar energy for our home as well as our vehicles.

Power

Power Powered Long Beach Davis

As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

Unfortunately, thanks to the fast pace of electrification and the slow pace of standards bodies, electrical safety standards for heavy vehicles are lagging behind the market. Charged : So, there’s a lack of standards for vehicles that use higher-voltage electrical architectures? Geoff Schwartz: Yes.

Standards

Standards Market Volt Vehicles

Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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.;

Fuel

Fuel Hawaii Hydrogen Honolulu

EV Driven

Prototype Mack heavy-duty plug-in hybrid truck part of e-Highway demo near Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

The US’s largest heavy-duty electric truck microgrid is powered by… natural gas

Rocsys to supply autonomous CCS charging solutions to SSA Marine for electric yard tractors at Port of Oakland

Stäubli, SSA Marine and Tritium team to create largest automated electric vehicle charging port program in US

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

DOT awarding up to $435M for 34 University Transportation Centers

First US eHighway demonstration running in California; battery-electric, CNG-hybrid and diesel-hybrid trucks

SCAQMD funding Siemens test of eHighway overhead catenary system for electric trucks in California

New fleet customers for XL Hybrid’s plug-in hybrid upfit for Ford F-150 pickups

California Energy Commission approves $46.6M for hydrogen refueling and $2.8M for EV charging projects

See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, thru April

Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

CALSTART study concludes zero-emission I-710 freight corridor achievable; hybrid truck with catenary or in-road power most feasible option

Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

Mercedes eSprinter first drive: here’s the deal – it’s a van, but it’s electric

Does your home have the power you need?

As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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