The State of California awarded $23.6 million today to South Coast Air Quality Management District for zero-emission drayage trucks which will be used at the state’s major ports. (Photo courtesy of Gladstein, Neandross & Associates.)They couldn’t have picked a better venue.
The State of California chose ACT Expo in Long Beach, Calif. to award $23.6 million today to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for zero-emission trucks that will be used at major California ports.
On the floor of the Long Beach Convention Center, where they were in the company of the nation’s most advanced low to zero emission vehicles, the Golden State passed along nearly $24 million from the California Climate Investments program, which aims to reduce smog-forming pollutants, greenhouse gases, petroleum usage and toxic pollution in neighborhoods near busy trade hubs.
SCAQMD is teaming up with air districts in the Bay Area, Sacramento, San Diego and San Joaquin Valley to deploy 43 zero-emission battery electric and plug-in hybrid drayage trucks to serve major California port areas.
