NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Electric Vehicle Technology Tested in Sacramento
In March of 2018,
Blue Diamond Growers
and Devine
Intermodal agreed to expand their partnership with
a collaboration bringing electric vehicle technology
to the communities in which the cooperative operates
and serves. The partnership between Devine and
Blue
Diamond
dates back nearly 30 years and includes
Devine Intermodal trucking international shipments
between
Blue Diamond
facilities and the Port of
Oakland. When the opportunity was presented to place
the electric vehicle in service, Devine Intermodal and
Blue Diamond Growers
determined
Blue Diamonds’
facility in downtown Sacramento would be the perfect
location. Being that it is in an urban area, it would have
an immediate and positive impact on the surrounding
community.
Devine sought and received a grant from the California
Energy Commission (CEC) to participate in a trial
program that allows the use of an electric vehicle,
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