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UPS and Electric Vehicles International Begin Demonstration of Fully Electric Walk-In Van

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UPS has begun a 90-day demonstration trial of the Electric Vehicles International (EVI) walk-in van (EVI-WI). The EVI-WI is built on a Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) glider equipped with a Utilimaster body. The vehicle demonstration will begin in Sacramento, followed by San Francisco and concluding in Reno.

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Audi, Navistar partner to demo C-V2X in emergency vehicles and school buses for enhanced safety

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Audi and Navistar, working with Applied Information and Traffic Control Corporation, have partnered to research how to improve safety and driver information in school zones, school bus stops and emergency vehicle situations. Traffic Control Corporation is one of the largest ITS solution providers for roadway operators in the US.

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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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Separately, Evatran just announced that the City of Sacramento has joined its Apollo Trial Program to test wireless charging technology on its own electric vehicles (EVs). Evatran plans to have over twenty installations as part of the Apollo Trial Program. Penetration in 2012 was only a fraction of 1% of vehicles sold.

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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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Chair: Robert Horton, ‎Vice President, Environmental Affairs, DFW International Airport. Chair: Melissa Lavinson, Vice President, Federal Affairs and Policy, Chief Sustainability Officer, PG&E Corporation. —Scott Keogh, president, Audi of America. Non-road (e.g., ICT, Shared Mobility and Automation (e.g.

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California state fleet reduces petroleum consumption 13% compared to 2003

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Each State agency leasing vehicles from DGS is now able to see how much fuel their leased vehicles are using because it is unbundled from their monthly rate, thereby enabling them to reduce costs by actively managing their fuel usage internally. To date, sixteen publicly accessible E85 stations have opened.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Fabrication and Testing of Solid-solution Strengthened Corrosion Resistant Alloys For Service in Molten Fluoride Environments, $625,000 Haynes International, Kokomo, Ind. MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis. Louis , Mo. San Jose, Calif.

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ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

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The release begins a public comment period culminating in a 16 December public hearing in Sacramento, California, at which the Board will consider adopting the proposed program. California has been working with strategic partners in the forest and cement sectors to explore sectoral crediting approaches to international action.

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