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Over 100 Clean Trucks Powered by Renewable Fuel Now Operate at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Meeting the challenge to clean up some of the most polluted air in the country, Southern California has hit a new
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[{"type":"text","content":" NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMeeting the challenge to clean up some of the most polluted air in the country, Southern California has hit a new milestone with over 100 trucks outfitted with the cleanest ultra low-NOx engines available now operating in the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191029005379/en/Total Transportation Services Inc., a Southern California drayage company, will replace its entire diesel trucking fleet with ultralow emission natural-gas trucks. (Photo: Business Wire)\n\nVisionary port trucking companies are leading the transformation from diesel to clean trucks that are equipped with the ultralow-NOx Cummins Westport (CWI) ISX12N engine and fueled with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) Redeem™ renewable natural gas (RNG), the cleanest fuel available for heavy-duty trucks. The Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP), adopted by the San Pedro Bay Ports in 2017, called for the transformation of trucking away from diesel and this change is now underway.\n\n\nThese leading companies include Overseas Freight, Total Transportation Services, Pacific 9 Transportation, 4 Gen Logistics, Orange Avenue Express, NFI industries, Green Fleet Systems, MDB Transportation, Green Trucking LLC, West Coast Trucking, and Tradelink Transportation.\n\n\nThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved a $533 million plan for clean transportation investments which will promote clean vehicle technologies such as natural gas trucks. The plan should ensure the statewide Clean Vehicle Rebate (CVRP) and Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Projects (HVIP) effectively address the need to accelerate the cleanup and transformation of California’s vehicle fleet.\n\n\n“California is backing up our tough vehicle regulations with money to help individuals and businesses access the newest, cleanest technology,” said Mary Nichols, CARB Chair in a public meeting where the plan was approved. “It will take a mix of incentives and mandates to meet public health and climate goals. We need to speed up the pace of change, and these investments play an important role in assuring the state remains home to the nation’s largest fleet of advanced vehicles.”\n\n\nThe transportation sector is responsible for a...