Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2017

Cummins Westport (CWI) announced its model year 2018 dedicated natural gas engines for regional haul truck / tractor, vocational and transit, school bus, and refuse applications at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, California. are manufactured in Cummins midrange engine plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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2018 Gas Engine EPA 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

As the next steps in a strategy to cut harmful emissions from ocean-going vessels, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new engine emissions and fuel standards for large marine diesel engines on US-flagged ships that would harmonize with international standards. Earlier post.)

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Mariner EPA Standards International 170

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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California Sale Long Beach Climate 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

We as OEMs are currently on a path to design, sell and service all unique battery packs. If the battery manufacturers could get north of 100,000 packs, annually, prices come down drastically. Where the markets develop, we can react very quickly and introduced a BEV, or plug-in, or diesel, or EcoBoost fairly rapidly.

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Ford Battery Batteries Plug-in 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

Basic design of the NuVinci CVP. This improves fuel economy and enables vehicle designers to reduce engine size without sacrificing performance. For fleet vehicles, the supercharger can reduce operating costs by delivering Diesel-like performance from gasoline engines. Click to enlarge. Fallbrook Technologies Inc.,

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Fuel Economy Long Beach Gasoline-Electric Engine 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

I-710 is a major north-south interstate freeway connecting the city of Long Beach to central Los Angeles. The I-710 Corridor has high levels of health risks related to high levels of diesel particulate emissions, traffic congestion, high truck volumes, high accident rates, and many design features in need of modernization.

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Los Angeles Emissions Long Beach Hybrid 252

Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

California-based WattEV is building a network of charging hubs designed for electric trucks, incorporating solar generation, battery storage and active energy management. Is it all designed and planned out? For the EV chargers, we’re going to be using CCS dispensers from [power supply manufacturer] Phihong originally.

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Charging Re-Charge Volvo Hydrogen 91