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PRESS RELEASES

Press releases
LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO ELECTRIFY ITS GARBAGE TRUCKS
LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO ELECTRIFY ITS GARBAGE TRUCKS
LONG BEACH COMMITS TO 100% ALL-ELECTRIC GARBAGE TRUCKS
LONG BEACH COMMITS TO 100% ALL-ELECTRIC GARBAGE TRUCKS
LOS ANGELES MAKES A MAJOR LEAP IN ELECTRIFYING SCHOOL BUSES
LOS ANGELES MAKES A MAJOR LEAP IN ELECTRIFYING SCHOOL BUSES
 
 

NEWS COVERAGE

 
News Coverage
Compton's electric buses: Students will get clean-air rides in the spring
Compton's electric buses: Students will get clean-air rides in the spring

LAist

LAUSD pledged to electrify its buses by 2040. Here’s what happens next
LAUSD pledged to electrify its buses by 2040. Here’s what happens next

Los Angeles Public Press

School Bus Electrification in Los Angeles Zooms Ahead
School Bus Electrification in Los Angeles Zooms Ahead

Blue Dot Living

The first of 155 new electric DASH buses start rolling on L.A. streets this summer
The first of 155 new electric DASH buses start rolling on L.A. streets this summer

City News Service

Los Angeles Commits to 100% Electric Refuse Fleet
Los Angeles Commits to 100% Electric Refuse Fleet

Heavy Duty Trucking

Los Angeles won’t buy ICE garbage trucks by 2022, full fleet electric by 2035
Los Angeles won’t buy ICE garbage trucks by 2022, full fleet electric by 2035

Electrek

LA Sanitation Commits to 100% Electric Refuse Truck Fleet
LA Sanitation Commits to 100% Electric Refuse Truck Fleet

Waste 360

LA Sanitation Commits to Electric Fleet
LA Sanitation Commits to Electric Fleet

NGT News

LA Sanitation commits to 100 percent electric fleet by 2035
LA Sanitation commits to 100 percent electric fleet by 2035

Waste Today

Unionizing L.A. bus workers and their CEO come together over fighting climate change
Unionizing L.A. bus workers and their CEO come together over fighting climate change

Los Angeles Times

Daimler Puts First eCascadia Electric Trucks in Service
Daimler Puts First eCascadia Electric Trucks in Service

Trucks.com

Electric bus jump-starts zero emissions efforts
Electric bus jump-starts zero emissions efforts

Santa Monica Daily Press

Coalition Fights for Zero-Emission Refuse Trucks in LA County
Coalition Fights for Zero-Emission Refuse Trucks in LA County

NGT News

Coalition Campaigns to Bring Electric Refuse Trucks to Los Angeles
Coalition Campaigns to Bring Electric Refuse Trucks to Los Angeles

Waste 360

Metro Takes Delivery of First 60-foot Zero Emission Electric Bus for Orange Line
Metro Takes Delivery of First 60-foot Zero Emission Electric Bus for Orange Line

LA Metro News

Electric airport shuttle buses: now taking off
Electric airport shuttle buses: now taking off

Green Biz

Carson unveils city’s first all-electric trash truck
Carson unveils city’s first all-electric trash truck

The Daily Breeze

California Regulation Sets Course for Emission-Free Buses by 2040
California Regulation Sets Course for Emission-Free Buses by 2040

Government Technology

California Switching to Zero-Emission Transit Buses by 2040
California Switching to Zero-Emission Transit Buses by 2040

NGT News

California mandates fleets to operate zero-emission buses by 2040
California mandates fleets to operate zero-emission buses by 2040

Metro Magazine

California Requires New City Buses to Be Electric by 2029
California Requires New City Buses to Be Electric by 2029

New York Times

The next big move on climate change and health? Electric buses
The next big move on climate change and health? Electric buses

The Sacramento Bee

Electric Bus Company Helps the Formerly Incarcerated Build New Dreams
Electric Bus Company Helps the Formerly Incarcerated Build New Dreams

Uplift CA

LAUSD Will Apply for CEC Electric School Bus Funding
LAUSD Will Apply for CEC Electric School Bus Funding

School Transportation News

Los Angeles Unified is Considering Adding Electric School Buses
Los Angeles Unified is Considering Adding Electric School Buses

School Transportation News

Council accelerates plan to electrify the Big Blue Bus
Council accelerates plan to electrify the Big Blue Bus

Santa Monica Daily Press

Connecting Public Transit to Great Manufacturing Jobs
Connecting Public Transit to Great Manufacturing Jobs

The American Prospect

2017 L.A. Streetsies: Vote for Advocacy Coalition of the Year
2017 L.A. Streetsies: Vote for Advocacy Coalition of the Year

Streetsblog LA

City Council Aims for 100 Percent Zero Emission Buses by 2030
City Council Aims for 100 Percent Zero Emission Buses by 2030

City News Service

L.A. City Approves Full LADOT Transit Electrification by 2030
L.A. City Approves Full LADOT Transit Electrification by 2030

Streetsblog LA

BLOG POSTS

 
Blogs
Let’s Not Waste California’s Opportunity to Be the Nation’s Leader in Electric Refuse Trucks
Let’s Not Waste California’s Opportunity to Be the Nation’s Leader in Electric Refuse Trucks

Adrian Martinez, Earthjustice

The Electric School Bus Is the Climate Hero We Need
The Electric School Bus Is the Climate Hero We Need

Yasmine Agelidis and Héctor Huezo

Electric Vehicles are Indispensable for California's Climate Resiliency, Even During a Power Outage
Electric Vehicles are Indispensable for California's Climate Resiliency, Even During a Power Outage

Carlo De La Cruz and Katherine Garcia, Sierra Club

Good Jobs Can Break the Recovery Cycle
Good Jobs Can Break the Recovery Cycle

Hector Huezo, Jobs to Move America

Major Investments in Infrastructure to Charge Electric Trucks and Buses Coming to San Diego Region
Major Investments in Infrastructure to Charge Electric Trucks and Buses Coming to San Diego Region

Sara Gersen, Earthjustice

Let's Electrify Public Buses Without Throwing Workers Under The Bus
Let's Electrify Public Buses Without Throwing Workers Under The Bus

Madeline Janis, Jobs to Move America

How L.A. is Working Its Way to Zero Emissions
How L.A. is Working Its Way to Zero Emissions

Adrian Martinez, Earthjustice

Buses Are the Electric Vehicle Everyone Should Be Talking About. Here’s Why.
Buses Are the Electric Vehicle Everyone Should Be Talking About. Here’s Why.

Adrian Martinez, Earthjustice

Bringing back good manufacturing jobs to America, one electric bus at a time
Bringing back good manufacturing jobs to America, one electric bus at a time

Erika Thi Patterson, Jobs to Move America

Just a Step Away From Clean Buses Statewide
Just a Step Away From Clean Buses Statewide

Kathryn Phillips, Sierra Club