Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

ARB made the announcement at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach. The California Climate Investments are designed to help drive down the upfront purchase price of the cleaner zero-emission trucks, and as their numbers increase, that cost will drop even further due to economies of scale.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2009

Since the launch of the Clean Truck Program on 1 October 2008, pollution at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex has been reduced by more than 23%, according to the Commission. Through this program we will help truck operators purchase alternative fuel trucks and continue our aggressive efforts to reduce port truck emissions.

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Los Angeles Alternative Fuels 2009 Long Beach 150

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Today, battery-electric Class 8 tractors still have a higher lifetime cost, due entirely to the initial purchase price of a heavy-duty vehicle with a huge battery (264 kWh for the first-generation VNR Electric). The cost equation is trickier.

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Volvo Fleet Electric Electrical 131

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. The initiative will also support the purchase of dedicated propane school buses and vehicles and, provide an innovative outreach program designed specifically to retrain and certify U.S.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Q&A with electric truck expert Rustam Kocher Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small fraction of the vehicles on the road, but they generate a disproportionate amount of pollution. They’ve also got a site at the Port of Long Beach and a couple others in the LA area. But then they did something interesting.

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Fleet Portland Charging Building 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The output will be shipped by pipeline to commercial blending facilities and is slated to be pre-sold to companies obligated to purchase carbon credit offsets. These trucks will displace conventional diesel trucks, which consume substantial quantities of petroleum fuel and emit substantial pollutants and greenhouse gases.

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Alternative Fuels California Fuel Energy 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

In this plan, Volkswagen and ARB prioritized ZEV infrastructure build-out in areas with high anticipated ZEV demand and around disadvantaged communities throughout California, noting the potential for significant decreases in air pollution as a result of this ZEV build-out. The supplement adds a sixth: Fresno.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

The primary customers right now are the ports—Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles­—and the ports around the country are usually in urban environments. That’s for new purchases—the lifetime of a truck is usually at 15 years plus—seven or eight years in the primary market and up to 10 years in the secondary market.

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Standards Market Volt Vehicles 73