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Republic deploys 67 CNG solid waste and recycling trucks in southern NJ and Philadelphia area

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has brought 67 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste and recycling trucks to serve customers throughout southern New Jersey and in Philadelphia. The new CNG fleet will replace older diesel-powered trucks. Three out of every four trucks in our local fleet will be powered by natural gas by the end of this calendar year.

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Amazon announces milestones within Rivian EDV fleet

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Amazon has announced a few milestones within its Rivian Electric Delivery Vehicle (EDV) fleet. This is the fastest rollout of an electric delivery fleet at this scale in the U.S., The fleet has now grown to over 3,000 vehicles, tripling in size and helping Amazon reach the sustainability goals that it outlined in 2019.

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Philadelphia transit authority Board approves $412M purchase of 525 new hybrid buses

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The new vehicles will allow SEPTA to continue the regular retirement and replacement of the oldest vehicles in its fleet with new, more energy-efficient hybrids. More than half of SEPTA's current bus fleet is made up of diesel-electric hybrids. SEPTA also has an option to purchase up to 25 additional buses.

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Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

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Clean Energy’s 2019 Redeem totals were bolstered by a seven-year contract with UPS for 170 million gallons to fuel their large fleet of natural gas heavy-duty trucks around the country, the largest purchase of RNG ever in the US. Philadelphia will be consuming an estimated 250,000 gallons of CNG when it reaches 43 trucks in 2021.

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Nestlé Waters North America adds 155 new medium-duty propane autogas trucks to delivery fleet

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The new medium-duty delivery trucks, added to the company’s existing autogas fleet of 30 Ford trucks of the same model, will also help the company save on maintenance and fuel costs. Deployments in 2016 will include New York City, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore. million pounds.

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Clean Energy signs deals for more than 20M gallons of renewable natural gas in past 45 days

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Alpha Lion, which carries mail for the US Postal Service between the Northwest United States and Southern California, is adding 16 new natural gas trucks to its fleet through Clean Energy’s Zero Now program and is expected to use more than 700,000 gallons of Redeem annually. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. million gallons.

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PECO Expanding Fleet with NGVs & PHEVs

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PECO is expanding its fleet with new natural gas and hybrid electric models. The fleet recently added two more NGV—Ford F350 pickup trucks modified to run on compressed natural gas. The NGVs will be used by PECO’s energy technicians in the Philadelphia suburbs. PECO serves 1.6

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