Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2017

Cummins Westport (CWI) announced its model year 2018 dedicated natural gas engines for regional haul truck / tractor, vocational and transit, school bus, and refuse applications at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, California. The letter “N” denotes engines that are fueled by natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

The new generation zero-emission truck expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first two Project Portal Proof-of-Concept trucks through enhanced capability, packaging, and performance while offering an estimated range of more than 300 miles per fill, twice that of a typical drayage trucks average daily duty cycle.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

The port cartage and drayage specialists at Coyote Container successfully completed a 400-mile delivery in a Nikola Tre semi truck powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. William Hall, Managing Member and Founder of Coyote Container, drove the hydrogen Nikola over the hilly, 400-mile route that took the truck and its 17.7

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Ecology is one of the largest trucking and transportation companies in the Western United States, providing services for transportation, heavy haul and oversize loads, and containers to and from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Switching 600 trucks, which drive on average 25,000 miles per year at approximately 2.5

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Teslarati

JUNE 21, 2021

The five thousand mile (~8000 km) journey began almost exactly on June 10th and saw drone ship OCISLY towed to the Bahamas – an unanticipated development. MS1 then has ~3300 mi (5300 km) left to reach Port of Long Beach, which should take about 10 days at ~12 knots. I suspect it will actually occur on June 21st or 22nd.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Siemens and the California South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) are conducting a one-mile, zero-emission eHighway demonstration in Carson, Calif., near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Earlier post.). Heavy-duty trucks are the leading source of smog-forming emissions in Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Toyota Transport, the automaker’s in-house vehicle transportation trucking company, is using its first car hauler that runs on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The Long Beach, CA-based truck/trailer emits 85% less overall particulate matter and 10% less carbon dioxide than its diesel counterparts.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Siemens will conduct trials of its eHighway system ( earlier post ) in California on a two-mile (3.2 km) stretch of highway after installing a catenary system for electric and hybrid trucks in the vicinity of the largest US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Click to enlarge. The 30-kilometer (18.6-mile) Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2017

The truck will use the currently available Cummins Westport ISL G Near Zero NOx engine fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG) to generate electrical power. Initial track and road testing is expected to start in the fourth quarter. These two T680 tractors will be identical, with the exception of their power generation systems.

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Teslarati

JUNE 10, 2021

SpaceX’s longest-lived and most prolific drone ship has departed Port Canaveral just a few days after preparations appeared to begin for a several-thousand-mile journey from Florida to California. And the droneship is departing Port Canaveral on its way to California! Mighty Servant 1 is a massive submersible heavy-lift ship.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

XLP will provide a 50% improvement in miles driven per gallon for major fleets across the United States, as well as significant reductions in CO 2 emissions. Three of the latest companies that intend to add XLP F-150s to their fleet include the City of Long Beach, Calif.; EcoBoost engine and Ford’s Auto Stop-Start technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2018

TTSI) at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California. According to Olsen, the hydrogen fuel-cell based Kenworth T680 will have an initial range of 150 miles (241 km), which makes it suited for short haul and port operations. The next step is real-world testing with Total Transportation Services Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2016

Kenworth will build two, proof-of-concept T680 Day Cab drayage tractors to transport freight from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to warehouses and railyards along the I-710 corridor in the Los Angeles basin. The second T680 Day Cab will feature a hydrogen fuel cell offering true zero-emissions operation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has fined two shipping companies for failing to switch from bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur fuel when sailing within 24 miles of the California coast, as required by a state law adopted in 2008. They must also follow all fuel switchover requirements, and maintain accurate records.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2015

Universal LNG Solutions ( ULNG ) has introduced the first four trucks in a fleet of 95 of liquefied natural gas (LNG) big rigs at the campus of Sancus Energy, an LNG processing technology company. The dealer has been instrumental in helping to rollout, deploy and achieve acceptance of LNG trucks in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2017

The study will begin this summer and contribute to the Port’s Clean Air Action Plan, which has significantly reduced harmful emissions from operations at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles since 2005. and its estimated driving range is more than 200 miles per fill, under normal drayage operation. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

for an advanced fuel-cell Class 8 drayage truck to transport containers from ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach along a 150-mile loop to a rail network and $2.1 The other contract, for up to $20 million, was provisionally granted to the Electric and Gas Industries Association to administer the water appliance rebate program.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Vision says that the Tyrano is 35% cheaper to operate than current diesel powered trucks and 50% cheaper than liquefied natural gas. or 33 kg of compressed hydrogen storage, resulting in an operating range of 200 or 400 miles, respectively, per 8-hour shift. The 80,000 GVW tractor offers either 16.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

Vision designed the Tyrano to replace short haul diesel trucks operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Tyrano is to be more powerful and less expensive to operate than current diesel or natural gas trucks and will exempt the truckers from the $70/container port tariff.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. Some makers suggest hydrogen fuel cells will be the way to go; the most promising application seems to be long-haul trucking with few or no stops. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

That push is particularly focused on the trucking routes between the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the distribution centers of the Inland Empire – which Ontario lies at the heart of. This is too long a trip for most BEV trucks (except one, at least – we’ve seen the Tesla Semi do similar mileage ).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. What we’re essentially offering is all-electric performance for about 25 miles at highway speeds. Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

Enova brought its Ze (zero emissions) commercialized all-electric step-van to the Plug-in 2009 conference in Long Beach. Engineered specifically for urban delivery routes and service/maintenance operations, the Enova Ze plug-in step van drive system offers a range of up to 150 miles per charge and can reach a top speed of 65 mph.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2009

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2010

Occidental Petroleum, the fourth-largest US oil and gas company, based on equity market capitalization, says that within the next 10 years, its California shale development program—which currently delivers more than 25% of its California production—could become the company’s largest business unit. 1 gas producer and No.

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Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

Arc has built the first models of its much-anticipated Arc Sport 500hp electric wake boat, and we got a chance to take it for a quick demo in Long Beach, CA and holy heck, this thing rips. Arc said it took the boat out to Catalina Island, which is 26 miles across the sea from the California coastline.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

Since 1993 my wife and I have lived in Torrance California, just a half mile from the beautiful beach and the Pacific Ocean. What we’re not breathing is clean air, because the smoke from the La Canada-Flintridge fire, about 38 miles from here, is still making air quality hazardous and people in the L.A.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

Hummer cars are known to have previously achieved as little as 12mpg, but thanks to Raser Technologies; who are currently exhibiting the new Hummer at the Plug-In Conference 2009, until Wednesday, 12 August at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California; the reputation of the Hummer could be on the mend.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure. Total DOE award: $14,999,658. Total DOE award: $14,997,240.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 19, 2007

Synovate Motoresearch presented some very interesting survey results at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference in Long Beach, CA last week, as reported in MIT's Technology Review. Ethanol contains much less energy than gasoline does, so miles per gallon will be significantly lower, as will range on a tank of gas.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Unlike individual car owners, fleet operators know exactly how many miles their vehicles travel, and they aren’t likely to be swayed by questions of styling or coolness factors—if you can demonstrate that an EV will save them money, then you should be able to make a sale. million miles. Most commercial trucks are engineered for 1.2

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

An alternative fuel Lexus with a Toyota badge For now, Californians have the opportunity to own a very nice electric car powered by compressed hydrogen gas. Producing Electricity from Hydrogen The electric power comes from oxygen being introduced to a fuel cell filled with compressed hydrogen gas.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Range and efficiency The 113kWh battery is estimated at 273 miles (440km) of range under the WLTP test cycle (or 329 miles on the WLTP city cycle), which tends to be more forgiving than the EPA cycle. miles per kWh, but other journalists got up to 2.4 miles per kWh. miles per kWh. The car said we got 2.0

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

No one needs to buy another new gas powered car. In 2002 when she was just a freshman California Assemblywoman, this former school teacher worked with Bluewater Network (which later merged with Friends of the Earth ) to author the Assembly Bill that made California the first state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in automobiles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

I-710 is a major north-south interstate freeway connecting the city of Long Beach to central Los Angeles. Via this corridor, trucks would travel from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the Vernon/Commerce rail yards via a separate facility from the general purpose lanes, generating no local emissions. Background.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The additional funding will cover demonstration projects of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and range-extended hybrid electric/natural gas heavy-duty drayage trucks operating at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. DC fast-charging systems typically provide 60 to 80 miles of range in just 20 minutes of charging.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

And there’s 40% of the Class 8 market and the medium-duty market that [drives] under 250 miles a day. You can get 250 miles a day even with a full load nowadays, so that technology is there for right now. There’s a new greenhouse gas requirement on large vehicles for 2027 engines, and California’s adopting that next year.

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