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Toyota reveals second iteration of Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell truck: Project Portal 2.0; 300 miles per fill

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Since it first began operation in April 2017, the Project Portal “Alpha” truck has logged nearly 10,000 miles of testing and real-world drayage operations in and around the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles while emitting nothing but water vapor. Our goal with the first truck was to see if it could be accomplished, and we did that.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky. New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. Total DOE award: $13,181,171.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

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Probably one of the fastest things out there going electric is underground mining, because one of the big problems is, when you have diesel equipment down in a mine, how do you get all the fumes out? Case New Holland brought out a methane-powered tractor that [runs on methane] made from farm waste. Garbage trucks.