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MAY 4, 2022

Westport’s HPDI fuel system technology ( earlier post ) enables heavy-duty trucks to operate on bio-methane (renewable natural gas) and natural gas with the same power, torque, efficiency, and performance as diesel engines—with even better results running on hydrogen—all while meeting global emissions regulations.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

The California Air Resources Board approved a new regulation designed to reduce pollution further from ocean-going vessels while docked at California’s busiest ports. Tankers docking at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach must also comply starting in 2025, while tankers in Northern California have until 2027.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Toyota and Kenworth will deploy a total of 10 trucks as part of the Zero and Near-Zero Emissions Freight Facilities Project (ZANZEFF) ( earlier post ), hauling cargo received at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, throughout the LA Basin. The performance of the 10 Kenworth Class 8 trucks being developed under this program?the

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JANUARY 29, 2020

The environmental impact of replacing 143 million gallons of diesel fuel with RNG is the equivalent of reducing 745,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions—also equal to planting 12 million trees, or removing 158,000 cars off the road, or reducing 260,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill, the company said.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is also one of Matson’s fastest vessels, with a top speed of 23 knots, helping ensure on-time deliveries in Hawaii from Matson’s three West Coast terminals in Seattle, Oakland and Long Beach. The two ships will replace three diesel powered vessels in active service, which will be moved to reserve status.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The Long Beach, CA-based truck/trailer emits 85% less overall particulate matter and 10% less carbon dioxide than its diesel counterparts. The CNG truck was commissioned by Toyota and designed and built in a joint collaboration with Peterbilt and Cottrell, Inc., the truck and trailer manufacturers.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

The violations were discovered during routine audits of the Shanghai-based company’s 2014-2017 fleet visits to the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach and the Port of Oakland. The California Air Resources Board announced that COSCO Container Lines Co., has paid $965,000 in penalties for violating the Ocean-Going At-Berth Regulation.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Each of the 11 projects will receive matching funds from private and public partners. Partner match: $41.4

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MAY 8, 2012

Currently being tested in Germany, pilot projects are already being planned for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to connect to cargo centers. Essentially, all that is needed is a hybrid diesel electric freight truck with built-in technology and software to connect to overhead electrified wires.

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JANUARY 15, 2012

Diesel engines are designed to optimally perform at or near their full load design point. Our system provides operators with the flexibility of a diesel electric system and the simplicity of a conventional system, without the cost or footprint of a traditional full diesel electric installation. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 15, 2009

The effort is designed to help OEMs in response to the wide variety of cell-level Li-ion chemistries, with different cost, reliability, life, safety and availability factors. Overall, the BMS is designed to be universal—suitable for other energy storage systems such as NiMH or ultracapacitors as well as Li-ion batteries.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

plans to expand its existing network of liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fueling stations in Southern California this year beyond its current two LNG stations located at the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports complex. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Andrew Littlefair, Clean Energy President and CEO.

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APRIL 19, 2017

TMNA) revealed “Project Portal”—a hydrogen fuel cell system designed for heavy-duty trucks applied in a Class 8 truck for use at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA). The Project Portal platform is designed to provide the target performance required to support port drayage operations. Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

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MAY 2, 2018

The flexible design of the system allows it to be customized for many other duty-cycles and vocations. Testing will last approximately one year and is designed to prove out the ranges, operating hours and charging requirements of vehicles operating in real-world service conditions alongside conventional diesel-fueled trucks.

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JULY 1, 2009

acre site adjacent to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The Clean Energy station is located on property leased from the Port of Long Beach at Anaheim and I streets. The Clean Energy station is located on property leased from the Port of Long Beach at Anaheim and I streets.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Siemens’ eHighway concept for the electrification of road-freight traffic has three core components: Diesel-electric hybrid technology. Wherever there is no overhead line, the eHighway HGVs automatically switch over to their diesel-hybrid drive system. The eHighway. Power supply via catenary lines and regenerative braking.

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JULY 1, 2009

As the next steps in a strategy to cut harmful emissions from ocean-going vessels, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new engine emissions and fuel standards for large marine diesel engines on US-flagged ships that would harmonize with international standards. Earlier post.)

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MAY 1, 2017

Cummins Westport (CWI) announced its model year 2018 dedicated natural gas engines for regional haul truck / tractor, vocational and transit, school bus, and refuse applications at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, California. The letter “N” denotes engines that are fueled by natural gas.

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APRIL 1, 2021

The study found that not only are current and emerging electric truck models and charging systems capable of meeting most of the technical needs of the fleets examined—although operational challenges remain—they also offer operational and fuel savings over diesel alternatives.

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APRIL 15, 2009

Vision designed the Tyrano to replace short haul diesel trucks operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Tyrano is to be more powerful and less expensive to operate than current diesel or natural gas trucks and will exempt the truckers from the $70/container port tariff. Vision Industries Corp. ’s

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MARCH 3, 2016

The City of Long Beach recently announced the purchase of more than 100 additional light- and medium-duty CNG vehicles that will fuel at two Clean Energy stations in the city. Long-time customer, Dillon Transportation, has signed a new agreement with Clean Energy to fuel its heavy duty trucks in Texas with Redeem.

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MAY 4, 2017

ARB made the announcement at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach. The California Climate Investments are designed to help drive down the upfront purchase price of the cleaner zero-emission trucks, and as their numbers increase, that cost will drop even further due to economies of scale.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. This program will be designed to integrate with CARB’s recently announced ‘one-stop-shop,’ which focuses on incentives for the ZEV purchase itself, and together these offerings will provide customers support throughout the entire purchase process. TDI diesel vehicles in the United States.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

It requires OGVs to use less polluting marine distillate fuels instead of heavy fuel oil within a designated area along the California coastline. The OGV Fuel Regulation was adopted by the ARB in 2008 and implementation began on 1 July 2009.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

We as OEMs are currently on a path to design, sell and service all unique battery packs. Where the markets develop, we can react very quickly and introduced a BEV, or plug-in, or diesel, or EcoBoost fairly rapidly. It’s easy to identify the problem. Mike Tinskey. Market enablers for electrification.

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MARCH 16, 2009

Basic design of the NuVinci CVP. This improves fuel economy and enables vehicle designers to reduce engine size without sacrificing performance. For fleet vehicles, the supercharger can reduce operating costs by delivering Diesel-like performance from gasoline engines. Click to enlarge. Fallbrook Technologies Inc.,

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky. The initiative will also support the purchase of dedicated propane school buses and vehicles and, provide an innovative outreach program designed specifically to retrain and certify U.S.

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JULY 12, 2012

I-710 is a major north-south interstate freeway connecting the city of Long Beach to central Los Angeles. The I-710 Corridor has high levels of health risks related to high levels of diesel particulate emissions, traffic congestion, high truck volumes, high accident rates, and many design features in need of modernization.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The eSprinter currently shares a platform with the diesel version, but in 2026 Mercedes will have a new “VAN.EA” platform as the basis for all of its future vans. This familiarity is particularly important in the commercial market, where drivers might swap back and forth between diesel and electric vans. Let’s dig in. miles per kWh.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

However, the high power requirements of these vehicles mean that vehicle designers face unique technical challenges, especially when it comes to circuit protection. Littelfuse has seen designs using 32 V fuses for 600 V systems, and companies using industrial fuses because high-voltage automotive-qualified fuses aren’t available.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

California-based WattEV is building a network of charging hubs designed for electric trucks, incorporating solar generation, battery storage and active energy management. Is it all designed and planned out? We’ve already submitted patents, and are about to start designing it and building out prototypes. Salim: Yeah.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Remember the Balqon container truck I wrote about a while back, the Port of Long Beach truck that can haul 60,000 lbs and that’s starting to replace diesel spewing internal combustion trucks? Plugging into the SoCal grid, in this case, SoCal Edison, this PHEV tug is significantly cleaner than its diesel burning brethren.

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JUNE 28, 2013

Thus, with proper design and coordination, a shore power barge with a hydrogen-fueled PEM fuel cell system for powering container ships at berth could become a commercially viable product. He gathered data from two US Department of Transportation Maritime Administration facilities and the ports of Long Beach, Calif.;

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Audi introduced the battery-electric Audi A3 e-tron US pilot program at TED2012 in Long Beach, California. In efficiency mode, which is designed for maximum range, the output of the electric motor is limited to 50 kW (68 hp). A3 e-tron BEV. Click to enlarge. In dynamic mode, the electric motor delivers its full power.

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