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4 Gen Logistics to deploy 41 Volvo VNR Electric trucks to service the Port of Long Beach

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Volvo Trucks North America customer 4 Gen Logistics, a fourth generation, family-owned drayage company, has ordered 41 Volvo VNR Electric trucks to haul freight between the Port of Long Beach and Southern California’s Inland Empire—a national logistics and warehousing hub.

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Toyota fuel-cell Class 8 prototype to start drayage routes at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

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With testing and development miles completed, Project Portal will begin initial feasibility study routes, moving goods from select Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals to surrounding rail yards and warehouses for distribution. and its estimated driving range is more than 200 miles per fill, under normal drayage operation.

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TeraWatt developing I-10 network of electric heavy-duty charging centers

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TeraWatt Infrastructure is developing the first network of high-powered charging centers for heavy-duty and medium-duty electric trucks along the Interstate 10 (I-10) highway, stretching from the Port of Long Beach - Los Angeles, California to the El Paso, Texas area.

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Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

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In this configuration, the second-generation fuel cell system delivers more than 300 miles of range at a full load weight of 80,000 lbs., and Long Beach is an important driver of this program. Both of these zero-emissions trucks will be used for drayage operations in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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BYD unveils two electric trucks

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Unveiled at the ACT Expo in Long Beach, Calif., The extended range (ER) version of the 8TT and 6F offer a range of up to 200 miles on a charge. BYD unveiled two battery-electric heavy-duty trucks, the Gen3 8TT and 6F. the Gen 3 8TT and 6F feature cabs styled by Wolfgang Josef Egger, the former Audi chief designer.

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Ports of LA, Long Beach approve 2017 Clean Air Action Plan; targeted GHG reductions; zero-emissions on-road drayage by 2035

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The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update , ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex.

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Volvo Trucks receives order of 50 Volvo VNR Electric Trucks for WattEV’s Truck-as-a-Service start-up

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Over the next several months, the Volvo VNR Electric trucks will begin operating on routes between California’s San Joaquin Valley, Inland Empire, and the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. As WattEV’s public charging network expands nationwide, the company plans to scale its depots to provide 1.2

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