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The heavy-duty electric truck market could break out in 2024 – Charged EVs

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California offers an array of incentive programs to help fleets defray the higher upfront costs of electric trucks. Forum Mobility supplied four electric trucks and EVSE to Hight Logistics in Long Beach in 2023, and plans to open a depot with 90 truck charging points near the Port of Oakland this year.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute will focus on accelerating the development and adoption of advanced sensors, data analytics, and controls in manufacturing, while reducing the cost of these technologies by half and improving the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oregon State U.;

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

I was a big part of building the first-of-its-kind—at least in the Western world that we knew of—heavy-duty charging site in Portland, Oregon. They’ve also got a site at the Port of Long Beach and a couple others in the LA area. Charged : You’ve also said that heavy-duty charging is going to be a huge hurdle. It won’t work.

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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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He gathered data from two US Department of Transportation Maritime Administration facilities and the ports of Long Beach, Calif.; Those costs can run up to $5-10 million or more per berth, the study found. The Port of Oakland is installing 11 berths on six terminals at an estimated cost of about $70 million. Tacoma, Wash.;

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