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BNSF to build $1.5B integrated rail complex in Barstow to increase supply chain efficiency nationwide

Green Car Congress

The Barstow International Gateway will be an approximately 4,500-acre new integrated rail facility on the west side of Barstow, consisting of a rail yard, intermodal facility and warehouses for transloading freight from international containers to domestic containers. BNSF Railway plans to invest more than $1.5 BNSF in California.

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Cummins unveils 15L hydrogen engine

Green Car Congress

At the recent ACT Expo in Long Beach, California, Cummins debuted its 15-liter hydrogen engine. Reducing well-to-wheels carbon emissions requires innovation of both energy sources and power solutions. Cummins intends to produce hydrogen internal combustion engines in both the 15-liter and 6.7-liter

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Rocsys to supply autonomous CCS charging solutions to SSA Marine for electric yard tractors at Port of Oakland

Green Car Congress

The systems will autonomously charge part of the electric yard tractor fleet of SSA Marine at the International Container Terminal at the Port of Oakland. ROC-1 will work with high power DC charging stations that use a CCS-1 charging connector, offering capability to autonomously charge the vehicles from existing charging supply equipment.

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SwRI develops device to test friction, wear associated with EV fluids

Green Car Congress

Traditional fluid testing tools, however, were not developed to effectively analyze lubricant properties in electrified environments. An internally funded SwRI project modified a commercial tribology testing machine to more effectively analyze the friction and wear associated with lubricants formulated for electric vehicles.

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Give Me A #BreakFreeLA & Then Give Me 100% Renewables RIGHT NOW

Creative Greenius

in Long Beach and throughout the LA basin who are right over the fence from the refinery or the port operations or the the urban oil extraction and toxic chemicals that go with it. Real leadership is coming from The Carson Coalition and Communities for a Better Environment and from all the Bernie Sanders for President supporters.

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Amazon puts first electric semi trucks into ocean freight operation

Baua Electric

They’ve already started hitting the road at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, with a dozen expected to be in service by the end of the year. You literally can’t buy a new, internal combustion drayage truck in California as of this year. California’s climate action continues powering our economy and creating jobs.”

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

Cars That Think

It’s still an achievement for autonomous robots to merely survive in the real world, which is a long way from any kind of useful generalized autonomy. Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses.