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LADOT partnering with GMV and ViriCiti for e-bus management and maintenance

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To meet the unique demands of these new zero-emission buses, LADOT is partnering with GMV Syncromatics and ViriCiti to develop a fleet management and maintenance system which will provide real-time dispatch and bus status information.

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Anaheim Transportation Network receives $5M to further all-electric transit operation; partners with AMPLY Power

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ATN has partnered with AMPLY Power for the management of the charging operations from system design, installation, equipment purchases, operations and maintenance. —Diana Kotler, ATN Executive Director.

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Skanska is about to transform a Brooklyn marine terminal into a major offshore wind hub

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Skanska will build a new 85,000-square-foot operations and maintenance building with warehouse, office, and parking to support the construction and ongoing operations and maintenance of Empire Wind 1. There will also be significant waterfront and marine upgrades. Construction activities covered by this award will run into 2026.

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American Honda Motor to pay $1.9M in penalties in California for small engine emissions violations

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The remaining funds, roughly $1 million, will go to the IQAir Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to promote environmental justice by helping to improve environmental health conditions in neighborhoods unfairly affected by pollution as a result of economic, ethnic, or racial factors.

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Mercedes-Benz launches vehicle data analytics project with City of Boston to help improve uneven roads

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It is well known that not all neighborhoods and communities use Boston 311 at the same rate, yet 311 is a major driver of how some City resources are allocated. Throughout the country, road authorities and road maintenance departments today mostly rely on manual approaches to monitor and maintain the road infrastructure and assets.

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BYD delivers first all-electric automated side loader refuse truck to city of Palo Alto

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The truck will operate on a variety of service routes in the community from urban to residential neighborhoods including streets with steep inclines. The electric refuse truck has 76 miles of range and requires only two to three hours maximum to fully charge. —Andy Swanton, vice president of truck sales for BYD Heavy Industries.

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Tesla proposes deal to help Palo Alto upgrade SRP’s electric infrastructure

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Palo Alto’s Assistant Director of Utilities, Tomm Marshall, noted that existing transformers were “undersized relative to the needs of customers in the SRP, require a higher-than-normal level of maintenance, and are nearing or past their useful lives of 50 years.” Then, the city planned to upgrade underground systems.

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