article thumbnail

Plug-in hybrid pollution, solid-state timeline, charging electric trucks: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Plug-in hybrids might be polluting a lot more than the emissions-test numbers suggest. Portland is re-upping on the Electric Avenue concept, but for big electric trucks this time. Daimler’s Smart plant sale will enable something that’s not small and not electric.

article thumbnail

Oregon State partnering with Daimler on fuel-cell electric Class 8 truck for SuperTruck 3

Green Car Congress

million awarded by the Department of Energy to Daimler Trucks North America, headquartered in Portland, and $199 million awarded overall by the DOE to fund 25 projects geared toward putting cleaner cars and trucks on America’s roads and improving the nation’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The work by Oregon State is part of $25.8

Oregon 320
article thumbnail

I-5 electric truck charging sites mapped out by electric utilities; West Coast Clean Transit Corridor

Green Car Congress

Data shows that people who live near truck-traffic corridors experience higher rates of asthma, lung and heart disease, and chronic bronchitis due largely to breathing toxic vehicle emissions, specifically, diesel particulate matter.

Clean 394
article thumbnail

Daimler, Navistar, Volvo ally for heavy-duty truck charging

Baua Electric

Electric Island – Daimler Trucks North America and PGE – Portland OR Indeed, the Department of Energy lists only nine fast charging stations in the U.S. The first, a joint developed of utility Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America called Electric Island , opened in 2021 in Portland, Oregon.

Volvo 52
article thumbnail

NCSU study finds shared e-scooters aren’t always as green as other transport options

Green Car Congress

The performance results were similar for all four types of pollution. These results were similar to those of a larger survey done by the city of Portland, Oregon. Johnson (2019) “Are E-Scooters Polluters? Error bars represent 95% of the Monte Carlo simulations. Chan et al. —Jeremiah Johnson.

article thumbnail

EPA awards $5M in Clean Diesel Grants to 4 port projects

Green Car Congress

The DERA grant recipients are: The City of Los Angeles Harbor Department will replace a diesel-powered crane with an all-electric crane that produces zero emissions at the San Pedro Bay. The grants are funded through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) and are located in areas where communities need the most help with local air quality.

Grant 150
article thumbnail

US DOT and Solidia in CRADA on Solidia reduced CO2 Concrete and Cement for highway infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Solidia Technologies has invented and patented new technologies for the production of cement and concrete that, combined, reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions up to 70% while using less water, less curing time and lower kiln temperatures. rHLPD can work in a wide variety of chemical systems. Click to enlarge.

Portland 246