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SoCalGas Gets $7.1M for Zero and Near-Zero Emissions Vehicle Technology Research

Southern California Gas Co., the primary supplier of natural gas to customers in Southern California, reports that it has received over $7M in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to advance its work on zero- and near-zero emissiosn vehicle technology. The company said $7.1M in funding from the DOE will go towards projects led by Cummins, Inc., GTI and West Virginia University Research Corporation, which will advance fuel cell technology for on-road trucking and transit, near-zero emissions natural gas technology for rail locomotives, and best practices to reduce maintenance costs for alternative fuel vehicles. SoCalGas said it will supply an additional $730,000 in funding via its Research, Development, & Demonstration department for those efforts. The Cummins project is focused on fuel cells for powering trucks and transit buses; the GTI project is focused on devleoping a natural gas hybrid rail locomotive; and the West Virginia University project is focused on measuring maintenance and labor costs for new, alternative fuel trucks powered by natural gas, propane and electric.