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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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Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach is an important driver of this program. Converting the drayage trucks that currently serve these ports to electric drivetrains would move us closer to that goal. —Andrew Lund, chief engineer, Toyota Motor North America Research and Development.

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Converted Plug-In Hybrid Electric Terminal Tractor to be Tested at Port of Long Beach

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A plug-in parallel hybrid electric terminal tractor used to move shipping containers and cargo within the port will be tested at a Port of Long Beach shipping terminal. The equipment will be tested at SSA Container Terminal on Pier A at the Port of Long Beach for 3 months. Andra Rogers. Mobile, Ala.,

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Port Of Long Beach clean air project receives $30.1M from DOT for zero-emissions cargo handling equipment

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The Port of Long Beach received a $30.1-million The project will bring approximately 60 electric, human-operated yard tractors to Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT). Aerial photo of Long Beach Container Terminal with two Cosco vessels at berth. The Port of Long Beach announced Friday it will receive a $30.1

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

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Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. It’s going to change the world of our Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. Right now the dock workers and the people who live near the ports are choking on the worst air pollution anywhere in the area.

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Anaergia to supply RNG to FuelCell Energy to create renewable hydrogen supporting Toyota’s port facility

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s (TMNA) Logistics Services Center at the Port of Long Beach in California. Thus, when this carbon-negative RNG is then converted to hydrogen and electricity in FuelCell Energy’s Tri-gen system, both outputs are considered zero-emissions and carbon negative. Anaergia Inc.

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News: All-Electric Semi-Trucks Making a Difference

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Key Steps to Cleaning Southern California’s Air Diesel Class 8 trucks run seemingly tail-to-nose from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to the Inland Empire in Southern California. Post Office will be converting a sizeable portion of its fleet of electric vans. Even the U.S.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. The project will replace 180 diesel drayage trucks at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with LNG trucks. Total DOE award: $14,994,183.