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JULY 15, 2022

During the next 18 months, the project will deploy high-powered chargers at several existing Volvo Trucks’ dealership locations in Central and Northern California, including TEC Equipment Oakland, TEC Equipment Dixon, Western Truck Center in Stockton, and Affinity Truck Centers in Fresno and Bakersfield.

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MAY 28, 2011

Singapore-based container shipping line APL became the first to cold-iron a vessel’s engines to eliminate exhaust emissions at the Port of Oakland, California. APL expects cold-ironing to eradicate 50,000 pounds of nitrogen oxides emissions from its ships annually in Oakland. It was awarded $4.8

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. Despite an appetite for electrification, many fleet operators face challenges. —Scott Phillippi, UPS senior director of automotive maintenance and engineering.

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JUNE 13, 2023

An electric truck charging depot that can charge up to 96 trucks at once will service fleets moving cargo to and from the Port of Oakland. more… The post This EV charging depot can charge up to 96 electric semi-trucks at once appeared first on Electrek.

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JULY 9, 2014

The public agencies receiving vehicles are: Alameda County, Sonoma County, San Francisco, Concord, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Oakland, Fremont, the Marin Municipal Water District, and Sonoma County Water Agency. The County will receive 26 of the 90 vehicles—raising the number of electric or hybrid vehicles in its fleet to more than 50.

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MAY 10, 2022

Through the project, also known as Zero-Emission Regional Truck Operations with Fuel Cell Electric Truck, Hyundai Motor will deploy 30 Class 8 6x4 XCIENT Fuel Cell heavy-duty tractors at the Port of Oakland, Calif., Our ultimate goal is to fight climate change and build a sustainable future. We are running out of time to limit global warming.

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JANUARY 1, 2010

With the new announcement, state, local and federal air agencies and ports now have provided $37 million in funding to help clean up more than 2,300 trucks at the Port of Oakland. ARB passed an additional rule last December that will clean up the remaining truck fleet operating in California estimated at one million vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The city of San Diego, California has begun using Neste renewable diesel in its vehicle fleet. This small change will make a major part of our fleet greener overnight, creating more environmentally-friendly vehicles that are cheaper to maintain. the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel.

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

San Francisco announced December 11, 2015 that the City and County of San Francisco has completely ended its use of petroleum diesel in the City’s fleet and replaced it with renewable diesel. This switch from petroleum diesel to renewable diesel will achieve a 50% greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the city’s diesel fleet.

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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 fleet also failed to reduce the auxiliary engine power generation by the required 50%.

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

The new funding will provide $5,000 per truck toward the cost of retrofitting the vehicle with a diesel soot filter, with a goal of cleaning up an additional 580 trucks operating at the Port of Oakland over the next four months. 1 deadline, half of which came from voter-approved Proposition 1B funds.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. In assessing its transition to sustainable mobility, LTD employed a partnership with the University of Oregon (UO) to study opportunities and challenges.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

AT&T has deployed its 1,000th alternative-fuel vehicle in its corporate fleet. The deployment is part of a $565 million planned investment announced in March 2009 to replace more than 15,000 fleet vehicles with more fuel-efficient models through 2018. AT&T currently operates a fleet of more than 77,000 vehicles.

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APRIL 7, 2024

EV Realty, an EV infrastructure development platform for commercial fleets, has formed a joint venture with real estate investment firm GreenPoint Partners to build what EV Realty calls Powered Properties—charging hubs for medium- and heavy-duty EVs—in California and other strategic US markets.

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JULY 27, 2021

Hyundai will leverage insights gained from these public projects to develop it’s zero-emission commercial fleet business in the US and establish local partnerships across the value chain. Glovis America, a logistics service provider, will be the fleet operator of these trucks.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

ERG has facilities in Sacramento, Oakland, Redding and Ontario. The XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System has been shown to increase miles driven per gallon by approximately 25 percent in real-world fleet vehicle driving. The XL3 is a regenerative braking system, which requires no special fueling stations, plug-ins or maintenance.

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MAY 5, 2021

The California ZEV Investment Plan provides ultra-fast charging in more metro areas, and strengthens highway and regional charge routes while providing charging infrastructure and solutions for medium- and heavy-duty fleets. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. Existing metro area investments to be expanded are: Fresno. San Diego-Carlsbad.

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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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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The projects would also help improve air quality in underserved areas of major American cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, and Salt Lake City. The selected projects are: CALSTART: East Coast Commercial ZEV Corridor.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Four San Francisco Bay Area local government fleets—San Jose, Los Gatos, Campbell and Mill Valley—are deploying a total of 50 Mitsubishi i-MiEV EVs, representing the largest municipal fleet deployment of light-duty all-electric vehicles (EVs) in the US to date.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

California offers an array of incentive programs to help fleets defray the higher upfront costs of electric trucks. Navigating the alphabet soup can be challenging for smaller players, but Calstart, which administers the HVIP incentive program, will direct more funds to smaller fleets and double the discounts available.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Linde has contracted with Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in California to supply the ionic compression hydrogen fueling technology ( earlier post ) and the hydrogen for two new refueling stations, which will be located at AC Transit's Emeryville and Oakland operating divisions.

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JULY 2, 2010

A PureMotion Model 120 fuel cell powerplant aboard an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) bus operating in the Greater Oakland, California, area has surpassed 7,000 hours in service with the original cell stacks and no cell replacements, and another has exceeded 6,000 hours. UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

million to help public and private fleet operators as well as individual consumers afford new alternative-fueled passenger vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty buses and trucks. Oakland) is awarded a total of $380,000 in incentives for 25 vehicles manufactured by Tiffany Coachworks, Perris, California. West Coast Bus Sales, Inc.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Ian Robertson announced the upcoming launch of ParkNow, a mobile parking solution that is a joint venture with Urban Mobility; and also provided new details about DriveNow, a new premium car-sharing service which features a fleet of BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicles. San Francisco serves as the initial US market for each service.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Fleets that use Neste’s renewable diesel include, amongst others, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Carlsbad and the County of Sacramento. Neste’s renewable diesel is already used in California, among other locations, where it helps cities and counties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from traffic.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

it’s playing a role in the establishment of federally-funded hydrogen hubs, and at the Port of Oakland in California it’s testing 30 Hyundai Xcient hydrogen fuel-cell semis. while the BMW iX5 is currently being fleet-tested. Hyundai is already testing Waste-to-Hydrogen in Indonesia. In the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Louis, Rivian and Amazon have expanded their fleet of EDVs to over 1,000 units present in more than 100 cities across the United States. “Fleet electrification is essential to reaching the world’s zero-emissions goal,” Rivian’s Chief Growth Officer Jiten Behl said. “So,

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MARCH 13, 2012

Traffic congestion continues to worsen in California where, according to the Texas Transportation Institute’s annual Urban Mobility Report, Los Angeles and the San Francisco-Oakland metropolitan area rank No. Ford has already delivered the Focus Electric to key fleet customers and technology partners, such as Google.

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JULY 12, 2011

The proposed projects focus on reducing petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions through biomethane or natural gas, and installing alternative fuel infrastructure for fleets. AC Transit will construct a new hydrogen bus fueling station in Oakland. Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District ($3,000,000 - Match Share $2,663,175).

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JANUARY 13, 2010

This powerplant is aboard an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) bus operating in the Greater Oakland, California area. UTC Power has provided fuel cell power plants for fleet transportation since 1998 and its fuel cells have powered buses in the United States, Spain, Italy and Belgium. Stack durability matters.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Only the Greater Oakland/San Francisco, Calif., area will have a larger fuel cell bus fleet in the United States, also equipped with UTC Power fuel cell systems. UTC Power is a United Technologies Corp. The new buses are part of the Federal Transit Administration’s national Fuel Cell Bus Program.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Propel will work with community partners CALSTART and East Bay Clean Cities to educate consumers and fleets on the wide spread benefits of low carbon, alternative fuels available today and those next generation fuels coming in the future. More information on current and future Propel locations can be found at www.propelfuels.com.

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MARCH 20, 2019

Orange EV and Impact Transportation announced the deployment of an Orange EV T-Series battery-electric terminal truck to Impact’s 250,000 square foot warehouse and special project site supporting Port of Oakland operations. Impact’s Orange EV truck is DOT compliant and built with an 80 kWh battery pack and standard charging.

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MAY 11, 2012

million project to demonstrate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology for an all-electric heavy duty non-tactical vehicle fleet at Los Angeles Air Force Base. Oakland) received $884,000 for the buy-down of 34 natural gas Mack Truck vehicles in the heavy-duty gross vehicle weight range of 26,001 pounds or greater. Villa Ford Inc.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

The plan also includes investments for charging stations to support ZEV bus fleets and ride hail services, as well as residential and autonomous vehicle charging. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. In finding that Electrify America’s Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan meets or exceeds all requirements of the 2.0L San Diego-Carlsbad.

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JUNE 20, 2011

In 2010, British Airways announced that it would, in partnership with the Solena Group, establish Europe’s first plant for sustainable jet-fuel and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. Earlier post.).

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