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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

Green Car Congress

The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. It focused on projects to make local transportation more efficient and sustainable, examining physical infrastructure and soliciting design ideas for transit stations.

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BNSF to test liquefied natural gas in road locomotives

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BNSF will begin testing a small number of locomotives using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel later this year. The use of natural gas as a transportation fuel results in the emission of fewer greenhouse gases and particulates than diesel fuel. The idea of using natural gas as fuel in locomotives is not new.

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Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030

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The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030.

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Volvo Trucks and PATH successfully demo partially automated on-highway truck platooning in California; CACC

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Three Volvo VNL 670 model tractors hauled cargo containers at the Los Angeles Port complex and along Interstate 110, highlighting for public officials and other stakeholders the technology’s potential for improving highway safety, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing the capacity of transportation systems.

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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

Ever since the 1970’s, when he and his brother would take turns sitting in gas lines on Saturday mornings during a severe gas shortage, Earl Cox had been interested in the development of a vehicle that could run on something other than oil-based fuel. They jumped on the idea. Impacting the EV scene for 3 decades.

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Toyota Crown SUV debuts Nov. 14

Baua Electric

14, forward of the 2023 Los Angeles auto display. The taillight design proven within the teaser seems alike to that of the idea that. liter inline-4 gas engine, generation an non-compulsory model employs a turbocharged 2.4-liter Toyota on Tuesday showed that it’s bringing a Crown SUV to the U.S. The SUV debuts Nov.

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Public-Private Partnership Testing Low-Speed EVs in SoCal

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The Local Use Vehicle (LUV) Project is testing low-speed, all-electric vehicles in several communities in southwest Los Angeles County. The vehicles, which operate at slow speeds, are designed to take the place of full-size, gas-consuming vehicles.