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The Port of LosAngeles and its partners rolled out five new hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) and introduced two hydrogen fueling stations. North America’s leading seaport by container volume and cargo value, the Port of LosAngeles facilitated $259 billion in trade during 2020. Under the $82.5-million
As part of the settlement, the companies will spend $575,000 on air filtration systems at schools in the LosAngeles metropolitan area. EPA made the announcement at an event at Eastman Avenue Elementary School in LosAngeles, Calif., Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Emissions of NO x , a key component of smog, at the Port of LosAngeles are down 60% compared to 2005 emissions levels. This is why cleaner technology and increased efficiency matter. —Chris Cannon, Director of Environmental Management for the Port of LosAngeles. million Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
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Ecology, a transportation and logistics company in California, has switched its fleet of more than 600 trucks to run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel and is reporting cleaner fuel filters, fewer maintenance problems and reductions in tailpipe emissions. Switching 600 trucks, which drive on average 25,000 miles per year at approximately 2.5
Six trucking firms operating in the Ports of LosAngeles and Long Beach are deploying trucks powered by Cummins Westport (CWI) near-zero ISX12N engines ( earlier post ), and fueled with Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s The Ports of LosAngeles and Long Beach provided funding for two additional near-zero trucks.
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Big Blue Bus (BBB), a bus operator serving Santa Monica and the LosAngeles area, will invest $18.3 We are making a significant investment to modernize one quarter of our fleet with new and exciting technology that will deliver a safer, more comfortable travel experience for customers and operators. Earlier post.).
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million California Energy Commission grant ( GFO-16-506 ) study with its partner Olson-Ecologic Testing Laboratories to demonstrate its clean natural gas engine technology for off-road heavy duty construction vehicle applications in the greater LosAngeles area. Omnitek Engineering Corp. will participate in a $1.5-million
Diesel trucks are heavily used in the San Joaquin Valley and LosAngeles Basin, which suffer from some of the worst air quality in the nation. EPA is committed to helping California achieve cleaner, healthier air by ensuring compliance with the state’s pollution rules. Earlier post.).
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In addition to new retail locations, Propel has launched Diesel HPR commercial and bulk availability for business and government fleets statewide. San Diego: Chula Vista and Kearny Mesa. Inland Empire: Arcadia, Claremont, Hemet and Ontario.
liter Partial Consent Decree to be spent by California on replacing older, dirtier heavy-duty vehicles and equipment with cleaner vehicles and equipment. Electrify America has identified 5 metropolitan areas for the cycle 1 investment (LosAngeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento). Green City.
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First, we should state the obvious: as hard as it is to imagine a nonprofit with $250 million to spend on a fleet of 500 electric semi trucks – it’s even harder to imagine one that would need that many trucks. The plan, then, must be to do something else with the trucks. And so it is. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.
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The first is that it presents a smaller, cleaner, compact design. We have a couple of other smaller cities that we are looking to deploy in, but in terms of major metropolitan areas, it’s Boston, Alexandria, Detroit, Jersey City and LosAngeles. Is there really not a single company that sells those in the US?
Company and fleet reporting: Large employers including retailers, manufacturers, brokers and others would be required to report information about shipments and shuttle services. Fleet owners, with 50 or more trucks, would be required to report about their existing fleet operations.
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