"GREEN" TRUCKS * USA - Hybrid Seaport Tractors Aim for Idling Time Fuel, Emission Savings
Long Beach,CAL,USA -Green Tech Media, by Jeff St. John -August 10, 2009: -- US Hybrid Corp. and EPRI are testing a plug-in hybrid “terminal tractor” at the Port of Long Beach — one of many energy and emissions-cutting initiatives underway at ports... Terminal tractors – vehicles that move massive cargo loads at seaports around the world – spend up to four-fifths of their time sitting still with their engines running, waiting to be put to use... The converted tractors are being tested at an SSA Marine terminal at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., and future tests are scheduled for ports in New York City, Houston, Savannah, Ga. and Mobile, Ala., said Andra Rogers, EPRI's senior project manager of electric transportation...
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