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Electrify America selected LongBeach and the Wilmington neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles as its second “Green City” investment. The Green City investment is part of Electrify America’s commitment to invest $800 million in California over ten years.
and LongBeach is an important driver of this program. Port fleet rollout. Both of these zero-emissions trucks will be used for drayage operations in the ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach. Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A.
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Volvo Trucks North America customer 4 Gen Logistics, a fourth generation, family-owned drayage company, has ordered 41 Volvo VNR Electric trucks to haul freight between the Port of LongBeach and Southern California’s Inland Empire—a national logistics and warehousing hub. Earlier post.).
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 LongBeach shipping terminal. The equipment will be tested at SSA Container Terminal on Pier A at the Port of LongBeach for 3 months. Andra Rogers. Mobile, Ala.,
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LongBeach (California) Transit (LBT) has put 25 new gasoline-electric hybrid buses into service. The addition of these newly designed hybrid buses brings LongBeach Transit’s 40-foot hybrid fleet total to 87 buses, for a nearly 50% hybrid 40-foot fleet. Earlier post.)
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NFI, one of the US’ oldest and largest third-party supply chain solutions providers, is expanding its fleet of Class 8 battery-electric trucks (BETs) in Southern California as part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative ( JETSI ) project. million), MSRC ($8 million), and South Coast AQMD ($5.4 million), with an additional $21.7
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a portfolio company of Lone Star Investment Advisors, is building a fleet of 60 Peterbilt Model 388 LNG (liquefied natural gas) trucks. Rush Truck Centers has provided more than 200 Peterbilt LNG refuse trucks to the City of Los Angeles, California and Peterbilt LNG Day Cabs to the Ports of LongBeach and Los Angeles.
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As part of the state’s $127.7-million Transit bus replacements are targeted at New York State government entity-owned bus fleets that have bus depots located within Potential Environmental Justice Areas (PEJAs), or operate routes that serve PEJA areas.
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Having just been inactive for the better part of a year, it’s likely that large portions of the pad were temporarily deactivated or mothballed, thus requiring a good amount of work to ready the facilities for another launch. NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/002SEFVeMz — Pauline Acalin (@w00ki33) August 26, 2021.
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Today, it is a cost-neutral way for fleet owners to achieve their goals by allowing them to convert an entire diesel-powered fleet to alternative fuel overnight. Some fleet owners can achieve sustainability goals overnight by converting an entire diesel-powered fleet to renewable diesel.
Amazon’s electric delivery trucks , which the retail giant developed in cooperation with Rivian , are becoming common sights in many parts of the US. Now the company is adding fifty Class 8 EVs to its drayage fleet in Southern California.
the developer of the NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmission ( earlier post ), introduced a new suite of automotive- and truck-related applications for the NuVinci CVP, referred to as continuously variable accessory drives (CVADs), at the Clean Heavy Duty Conference and Expo in LongBeach, Calif.
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SpaceX has officially taken delivery of a third ‘autonomous spaceport drone ship’ named A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG), returning its East Coast booster recovery fleet to two strong.
was proud to be a part of a record setting Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in LongBeach, California. Among 200 clean vehicle and fleet exhibitors, EV Connect shared our robust clean vehicle fleet solution platform with close to 8,000 clean tech conference attendees. EV Connect, Inc.
Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America last week submitted supplemental information to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) detailing its proposed charging investment in and benefit to underserved, low-income, and disadvantaged communities in the state as part of its court-mandated investment plan. Earlier post.). Background. Background.
acres off the Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington, CA, and is strategically located just four miles from the Port of LongBeach and five miles from the Port of Los Angeles. Each location has been carefully chosen and developed to meet the unique needs of ZEV fleets, from proximity to key transit routes to securing necessary funding.”
Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity, at the 2023 Acura Grand Prix of LongBeach, to sit down with Jim Crouse, the president and CEO of Capstone Engineered Solutions. Interview Clean Fleet Report : Clean Fleet Report ’ s readers come to us for information on electrified vehicles, especially those with a plug.
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Einride is a developer of all-electric trucks, fleet management software, and autonomous vehicles that has expanded well beyond its Swedish roots, especially in the US. The new station is strategically located in a busy freight corridor, providing electric truck drivers with 65 charging piles powered by Voltera. freight system.
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