Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Toyota revealed its bZ Compact SUV Concept in Los Angeles, making its world premiere to kick off the opening of the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show at the LA Convention Center. An in-car personal agent named “Yui” connects the driver and passengers with the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2019

The vision of a connected vehicle infrastructure test bed for Eco-Drive brought together two independent projects funded by the California Air Resources Board and the California Energy Commission.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

This pilot project aims to understand the viability of a PEV-transit network and establish best practices that optimize the consumer experience while reducing the carbon footprint of Los Angeles. The transportation sector alone accounts for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in California, 6% higher than the national average.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

The renewed generation facility will be owned by IPA and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). It will provide 840 MW of reliable energy to the IPA purchasers it serves, including Los Angeles and municipalities in other parts of California and Utah.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The Port of Los Angeles this month became the first port worldwide to provide Alternative Maritime Power (AMP)—shore-side electric power, also called “cold ironing” (i.e., The World Cruise Center is also the only port where two cruise ships can be connected simultaneously. Cruise ships utilize either 6.6

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

The Port of Los Angeles broke ground on a new $137.7-million million intermodal storage railyard that will function as a critical link between the Port of Los Angeles and the Alameda Corridor, providing staging and storage for trains using the corridor.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group has launched MoceanLab, a mobility service venture, as part of the Group’s larger initiative to create a sustainable, connected future. MoceanLab will provide mobility services in the City of Los Angeles, and expand its services to autonomous ridesharing, shuttling, multimodal transportation, and personal mobility.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale, Lancaster and Northern Los Angeles County. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by Transdev, and is affiliated with and offers connecting services with Metro and Metrolink.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is rapidly electrifying its fleet to meet sustainability goals set under the Green New Deal for Los Angeles. Using data is key to effectively serving the people of Los Angeles. In 2020, LADOT executed the purchase of 159 electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Connecting the San Pedro Bay Port complex to inland distribution centers and warehouses, the I-710 sees more than twice the average Los Angeles freeway truck traffic and accounts for 20% of all PM emissions in Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The City of Los Angeles (LA) will be the first city in the world to deploy 100 Philips SmartPoles—connected LED street lighting that includes fully integrated 4G LTE wireless telecommunications technology by Ericsson. The analog light pole has evolved right here in Los Angeles. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Customers with wheelchairs and mobility devices will be connected to ADA-accessible vehicles from ButterFLi, an LA-based transportation provider for people with accessibility challenges. All FlexLA drivers will be salaried employees with benefits and will be driving fleet vehicles rather than their own personal cars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Hyundai has partnered with Electrum to develop a one-stop online marketplace to connect homeowners in select states to solar panels, energy storage systems, EV chargers and local installers. Last year, we introduced Hyundai Home as a proof of concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show and the response was outstanding.

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CN EV Post

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

What is exciting is connecting the airports of the GBA, then linking airports with HSR train stations, and finally connecting these transportation hubs with CBDs using existing heliport rooftops and mall rooftops as stations. So, China needs to develop ominous services more than tourism tours.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

President and CEO Takanobu Ito unveiled the Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a mid-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The interactive remote provides connectivity to the vehicle without the need for an internet connection or mobile phone signal. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Ford Motor Company has added Hong Kong to the list of global cities served by its Transit Connect Taxi, among them New York City, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. The Transit Connect Taxi Ford unveiled in Hong Kong comes equipped with a Ford-engineered, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel system. cubic feet (1.7

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2015

EV Connect, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, including a cloud-based software platform for managing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, their interaction with utilities and the driver experience, entered into a joint marketing and product agreement with GE’s Industrial Solutions business.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The City of Los Angeles is set to receive more than $200 million in Active Transportation Program (ATP) grants following a vote on Wednesday by the California Transportation Commission (CTC). The CTC awarded ATP Cycle 6 grants to six separate projects within the City of Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2017

Initially, the service is available in Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart), and in the US (Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.). —Joe Berry, vice president and general manager of automotive at INRIX.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

trucking industry: Atlanta to Los Angeles. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2022

An eSIM, or embedded SIM is a SIM card built into in a mobile device—cell phone, tablet, smartwatch—that allows connectivity to a cellular network without a physical, removable SIM card. The feature is being piloted in three cities in California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose.

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EV Obssesion

APRIL 28, 2021

The post EV Connect to Help Expand California Charging Infrastructure Under $436M EV Program appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2023

Porsche AG and its partner UP.Labs have jointly founded their first company; Los Angeles-based startup Pull Systems is developing a machine-learning-as-a-service solution for capturing and analyzing vehicle data.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Audi of America will launch its first 4G LTE service with the new Audi connect system in A3 models due Spring 2014. In a press conference at the 2013 Connected Car Expo at the Los Angeles Auto Show today, Audi officials detailed the services and long-term opportunities enabled by technology, which it had announced in January.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2019

In their simulations of hacking internet-connected cars, the researchers found that randomly stalling 20% of cars during rush hour would mean total traffic freeze. Not all cars on the road would have to be connected—just enough for hackers to stall 20% of all cars on the road. Credit: Yunker lab. —Peter Junker.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

CalTestBed connects clean energy entrepreneurs with the immense resources within the UC system and at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. The initiative will provide $8.8 million in vouchers ranging from $10,000 to $300,000. This effort can dramatically increase the commercialization of clean energy technologies for worldwide markets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The rule requires container, passenger and refrigerated cargo ships to reduce emissions while docked at California’s busiest ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme, San Francisco and San Diego. Power reduction requirements have been phased in over time and increased from 70% to 80% in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It uses machine learning to connect segments with missing data, and that allows it to make near real-time street level estimations. TranSEC’s near real-time display of traffic state estimation in the entire Los Angeles Metro Area at 6 pm on a weekday. —Arif Khan, a PNNL computer scientist who helped develop TranSEC.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2020

Once fully implemented, the updated regulation will deliver a 90% reduction in pollution from an expected additional 2,300 vessel visits per year, and result in a 55% reduction in potential cancer risk for communities near the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Richmond. Auto carriers will need to comply starting in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2014

Ford Motor Company will hold an automotive app developer conference on 8 September as part of the Connected Car Expo taking place at CTIA’s Super Mobility Week at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. Fifty eligible developer teams will be invited to compete in the Ford Connected Car-Connected City App Pursuit.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

a leading provider of dynamic connected car services worldwide, and Parkmobile, the leading provider of on-demand and prepaid mobile payments for on- and off- street parking and mobility solutions, announced a strategic partnership at the annual International Parking Institute (IPI) conference. INRIX, Inc., cities, including Washington D.C.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Since 2019, CBMM has been tactically investing in startups related to material innovation and connected with the global electrification mega-trend. Battery Streak (BSI), is a startup linked to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). —Rodrigo Amado, Strategy and New Businesses Manager at CBMM.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2022

Over the next several months, the Volvo VNR Electric trucks will begin operating on routes between California’s San Joaquin Valley, Inland Empire, and the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Audi is committed to moving America in many ways, including through the development of industry-leading connectivity and mobility solutions. Houston, Kansas City, Kansas; Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City, Orlando, Fla.; Today, more than 4,700 intersections support both the “time-to-green” and GLOSA functionalities.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Several such plates are now in place at the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles, aimed at mitigating emissions. This initiative acknowledges the transportation industry’s historical status as the largest contributor ( 27% ) to greenhouse gases in both the US and Europe. With the backing of an $8.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In response to high demand across North America for its advanced technology buses, BYD recently completed an expansion of its Coach and Bus manufacturing facility in the City of Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Los Angeles now has a fleet of low emission, compressed natural gas (CNG) Ford Transit Connect taxis to help the city upheld its State’s reputation for environmental consideration. The first of ten yellow cabs have now been delivered to the Californian city, with a further 40 set to be put into service by 2012. Ordered [.].

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