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BYD and Long Beach Transit terminate electric bus contract

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has agreed to mutually terminate its contract with Long Beach Transportation Company (LBT) for the delivery of 10 electric buses. Based on the contract award, BYD then submitted a percentage goal for purchases from disadvantaged businesses in June 2013. BYD Motors, Inc. —Stella Li, CEO of BYD Motors, Inc.

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Feds Block Purchase Of Chinese BYD Electric Buses In Long Beach

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Plans by the California city of Long Beach to purchase BYD electric transit buses has hit another speed bump. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) may block the purchase of the Chinese company''s buses, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reports (via ChargedEVs).

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Port of Long Beach increases green ship incentive, exempts low-NOx natural gas trucks from Clean Truck Fund Rate

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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners earlier this month approved changes centered around incorporating the international Environmental Ship Index (ESI) into the Port’s Green Ship Incentive Program, which began in 2012. More than $1.7 million in incentives were paid to participants in 2020. Low-NO x natural gas trucks.

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4 Gen Logistics to deploy 41 Volvo VNR Electric trucks to service the Port of Long Beach

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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 Long Beach and Southern California’s Inland Empire—a national logistics and warehousing hub.

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Long Beach Transit Puts 25 New Gasoline-Electric Hybrid Buses in Service

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Long Beach (California) Transit (LBT) has put 25 new gasoline-electric hybrid buses into service. The addition of these newly designed hybrid buses brings Long Beach Transit’s 40-foot hybrid fleet total to 87 buses, for a nearly 50% hybrid 40-foot fleet. Earlier post.) The series hybrid drive uses a Ford ULEV 6.8-liter

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Long Beach Transit receives $600K grant for 40 Cummins near-zero CNG engines

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Long Beach Transit (LBT) recently received a $600,000 grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Near Zero Incentive Program for the purchase of 40 Cummins “near-zero” compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. Earlier post.)

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Vision Industries receives LOI from Total Transportation Services, Inc. to purchase 100 Class-8 hydrogen fuel cell trucks for about $27M

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TTSI) to purchase 100 Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell-electric class 8 heavy-duty trucks ( earlier post ) at a total purchase price of approximately $27,000,000 dollars. The purchase is subsequent to the successful trial of the initial vehicle which was delivered to TTSI on Friday. Vision Industries Corp. Earlier post.).