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Applying the Pareto Principle to Benefit the Planet: Conversion of Commercial Transportation to Reduce Effects of Climate Change

September 16, 2020 admin 0 Comments california air resources board, China, clean transport, Diesel, ecascadia, Electric vehicles, fleet vehicles, greenhouse gas emissions, Shipping, Sponsored

Credit to Author: Sponsored Content| Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 12:20:58 +0000

Applying the Pareto Principle to Benefit the Planet: in the US, the transportation sector is at the top of a list of polluters inclusive of agriculture, industry, commercial, residential and electricity. Within transportation itself, it’s the light-duty, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that are responsible for 82% of GHG, while the others combined contribute just 18%.

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Demonstration Project Begins for Commercialization of Vessels Equipped with High-Power Fuel Cells

September 5, 2020 admin boats, clean transport, Electric vehicles, fuel cell ship, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell ships, japan hydrogen fuel cell shipping, japan zero emissions, press releases, research, Shipping, toshiba, toshiba energy systems & solutions corporation, toshiba shipping

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 04:35:16 +0000

NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), and ENEOS Corporation (i.e., “the Companies”) are pleased to announce that the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has approved the Companies’ participation in a demonstration project for the commercialization of high-power Fuel Cell (FC) vessels

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Rolls-Royce Launches Power Lab to Drive Future Technologies

August 31, 2020 admin arne schneemann, autonomous vehicles, clean power, clean transport, co2 emissions, consumer technology, daimler truck group, daimler trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, peter riegger, power-to-x, press releases, Rolls-Royce, rolls-royce aerospace, rolls-royce technology, Shipping

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:48:10 +0000

Rolls-Royce with its Power Systems business has set up a new organizational unit “Power Lab” to focus on innovative and net zero carbon drive and energy solutions. The Power Lab will concentrate on the development of cutting-edge technologies for the marine and infrastructure sectors, with a strong emphasis on fuel cell systems and the production and deployment of synthetic fuels

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J.B. Hunt’s 1st Delivery With Fully Electric Freightliner eCascadia

August 16, 2020 admin clean transport, electric semi-trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, freightliner ecascadia, j.b. hunt, Shipping

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 05:30:27 +0000

J.B. Hunt has made its first delivery using an all-electric Freightliner eCascadia. J.B. Hunt is one of the largest shipping companies in America

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Electrification of the Mining Industry — CleanTech Talk with Ideanomics CEO Alf Poor

August 10, 2020 admin beiben, catl, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, ideanomics, inner mongolia, Shipping

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2020 05:23:23 +0000

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan chats again with Alf Poor, CEO of Ideanomics, Inc., about the electrification of the mining industry, and the benefits of choosing electric for heavy duty vehicles

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Slashing Emissions From Tractor Trailers: Electric Semi Axles, Renewable Diesel

August 8, 2020 admin catl, clean transport, electric semi-trailer, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, newton etrailer, renewable diesel fuel, Shipping, trailer dynamics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:25:41 +0000

Anything that reduces carbon emissions and other pollutants from the diesel engines used to haul the world’s freight is a good thing. Electric semi-trailers and renewable diesel fuel are two options.

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Will Nikola Or Tesla Produce America’s First Production Battery Electric Trucks?

August 6, 2020 admin Arizona, AUSTIN, batteries, buildings, cars, clean transport, coolidge, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, gf5, green economy, Manufacturing, nikola, nikola motor, nikola tre, nikola two, Shipping, tera texas, tesla, tesla cybertruck, tesla gigafactory 5, tesla model y, tesla roadster, tesla semi, texas, trevor milton

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:05:56 +0000

Last month, Nikola Motor broke ground on its first factory in Coolidge, Arizona, where it plans to produce the Nikola Tre and Nikola Two Class 8 trucks. Just a few days earlier, Tesla broke ground on its newest factory under construction in Austin, Texas where it plans to produce the Cybertruck, Semi, Model Y, and Model

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Lightning Systems Launches New Energy Division Focused On Making Fleet Charging Easy

August 6, 2020 admin CCS, chademo, clean transport, COLORADO, dcfc, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, lightning energy, lightning systems, loveland, mass transit / public transit, Shipping

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 17:05:15 +0000

Colorado-based electric powertrain builder Lightning Systems has launched a new division focused on bringing the latest EV charging solutions to its customers. In addition to simply providing EV chargers and supporting financing, the new division will help fleet managers build a comprehensive charging system to ensure they are up to the task of providing round the clock charging to keep the fleet on the road

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Road Revenue Plummets — New Ways To Fund Infrastructure Projects Needed

August 4, 2020 admin clean transport, Congressional Budget Office, highway trust fund, ibtta, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, Shipping, trains / rail, transurban

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:50:13 +0000

COVID-19 era traffic levels are at a fraction of the previous year’s totals. As road revenue plummets — in the word according to legacy transportation analysts — road infrastructure projects that keep our labor force on the job and support the economy are in real jeopardy