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

Green Car Congress

Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach is an important driver of this program. Converting the drayage trucks that currently serve these ports to electric drivetrains would move us closer to that goal. —Andrew Lund, chief engineer, Toyota Motor North America Research and Development.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. It’s going to change the world of our Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. Right now the dock workers and the people who live near the ports are choking on the worst air pollution anywhere in the area.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $17M to support alternative fuel and infrastructure projects

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The additional funding will cover demonstration projects of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and range-extended hybrid electric/natural gas heavy-duty drayage trucks operating at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. CNG is much less polluting than conventional diesel. Blue Line Transfer, Inc.