The contract with New Flyer of America Inc. is for $10.4 million, with substantial grant funding helping pay for the purchase of the 10 buses.
Bridgestone Americas recently added the FuelTech Drive retread for the drive wheel position to its Bandag MaxTread line, a SmartWay-verified, closed-shoulder retread that is also California Air Resources Board (CARB) compliant.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) are taking decidedly different paths to clean up truck emissions, leaving fleets with looming challenges including a new generation of equipment and even potential reporting requirements.
While batteries and hydrogen fuel cells get headlines, renewable natural gas is quietly slashing carbon emissions for its users.
City and county governments and transportation agencies, as well as nonprofits, can order all-electric Class 3 to 5 passenger buses under the program.
The new Kenworth K270E Class 6 and K370E Class 7 battery-electric vehicles qualify for a $95,000 voucher incentive to qualifying California purchasers from the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
State regulations require public transit agencies to gradually transition to all-zero emission bus fleets by 2040.
All Peterbilt Model 220EVs sold to customers in California are eligible for a $95,000 HVIP voucher.
“Tier 4” is the most stringent designation from the EPA for engines to dramatically reduce emissions.
The California Air Resources Board approved sweeping new emissions regulations affecting heavy-duty trucks sold in the state. Truck and engine makers decried the new rule.