Past CHDV Conferences

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• 2009 Long Beach, California

  March 16-18
  “Best Funding Opportunities Amid Turmoil For Clean Technologies And Fuels”
  Held in the midst of the country’s economic downturn, the release of federal stimulus bill funding for clean energy and California AB 118 funding finalization, the 2009 conference addressed funding opportunities for both companies and fleets and showed attendees what this money can buy.
  

• 2008 San Diego, California

  February 20-22
  “Technologies and Fuels for a Low Carbon World”
  Greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, carbon emissions were now becoming mainstream concerns and the pressure was on the heavy-duty vehicle and fuels industries to find solutions.  In 2008, Clean Heavy Duty Vehicle conference focused on what the industry is doing to address solutions which reduce the carbon content in fuels and the impacts on clean technologies.
  

• 2007 Los Angeles, California

  February 13-15
  “Next Challenges – 2010 and Beyond”
  2010 emissions reduction targets were just one challenge facing the heavy-duty vehicle industry and fuel providers but other challenges were looming beyond the 2010 horizon.  The 2007 conference focused on what emissions and fuel efficiency challenges face the industry even after meeting the US EPA emissions regulations for 2010.   
  

• 2006 San Diego, California

  February 22-24
  "Clean Technologies and Fuels – Are We There Yet?"
  As industry was approaching the US EPA deadlines for reducing sulfur in diesel and clean engines to reduce emissions, the 2006 conference focused on the status of clean fuels and technologies in meeting the 2007 and the looming 2010 US EPA low sulfur fuel and the diesel emissions regulations.  

  
  

• 2005 La Quinta, California

  February 22-24
  “Making the Connection: Emissions, Efficiency and Energy Security”
  In 2005, industry was struggling to not only meet requirements for emissions reduction,  but also pressures to be more fuel efficient in light of the volatility of fuel prices and the impact of the nation’s energy security.  The Clean Heavy Duty Vehicle Conference addressed multiple pathways to achieving this twin goal and the potential solutions to move us away from the existing “transportation as usual” attitude and into a cleaner, more efficient and secure energy paradigm.