Culver City's Sony Pictures Studios Launches Clean Truck Fleet
Thinking clean and green, Culver City's Sony Pictures Studios has upgraded its fleet of diesel, generator and camera trucks to achieve compliance with California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations.
According to an official Sony release, the company's move is "years ahead of schedule, offering its customers in the entertainment industry cleaner and more efficient transportation." CARB doesn't require compliance until 2023.
The studio has invested in new clean diesel and gasoline trucks – replacing over one-third of its fleet – to reduce exhaust emissions and improve fuel economy. It has also installed clean diesel filters on its fleet of generator and camera trucks that reduce local air pollutant emissions by more than 85 percent.
Paul Casella, vice president, logistics at Sony Pictures stated in an official release, "The studio is always looking at ways to offer cleaner, greener and more cost-effective production options to our clients in the industry. These upgrades to our transportation fleet will help us continue to reduce exhaust emissions in everyday operations, which makes a significant difference to air quality in the region."
In order to meet federally imposed clean air standards and to reduce the adverse health effects from truck pollution, CARB approved Truck and Bus regulations to significantly reduce particulate matter and emissions from existing diesel vehicles operating in California. The regulation has a final deadline of 2023. Sony Pictures Studios also replaced its passenger vans as part of this upgrade, and now uses hybrid vehicles in its courier fleet, both of which will help to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from the studios transportation fleet.
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