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NOAA: Average US Temperature in September 1 F Above 20th Century Average

Green Car Congress

inches (63 mm), exactly the 1901-2000 average. Both California and Nevada experienced their warmest September of the 115-year record. Both California and Nevada experienced their warmest September of the 115-year record. The acreage burned by wildfires was roughly half of the 2000-2009 average.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

Green Car Congress

UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles. Chicago, Ill.;

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Tesla Semi unladen weight estimated by Nikola whistleblower

Teslarati

Following Musk’s announcement on Twitter, images of the Tesla Semi seemingly taken near the vehicle’s production facility in Nevada emerged online. Assuming this was the 500 mile test, total weight was 81K lbs so tractor is 27k lbs, 2000 lbs lighter than Tre. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 27, 2022.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

Cars That Think

Since November 2000, there has always have been a select few people living apart from the rest of us—the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station. Blue Origin/Sierra Nevada SpaceX’s “Station”? On any list of humanity’s greatest engineering achievements, the ISS almost always ranks near the top.

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NOAA: US Experienced Above-Normal Temperatures and Below-Normal Precipitation in April

Green Car Congress

C) above the long-term (1901-2000) average (14 th warmest April on record). cm) below the 1901-2000 average. Only three states (California, Nevada and Oregon) had cooler-than-average temperatures in April. NOAA’s State of the Climate report shows the April 2010 average temperature for the contiguous United States was 54.3 °F

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Nine EVs that lease for under $400/month: Ioniq 5, Solterra, Niro, Ioniq 6, more

Baua Electric

These terms step over our $400 line in the sand, but negotiating a $1500 to $2000 discount should drop the effective lease cost of an all-wheel-drive Ioniq 5 SEL (255 miles of range, 0-60 in 4.4 seconds) that can be bought at a $2000 discount or leased at $249/month for 36 months and $3499 at signing. seconds) to less than $400/month.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000. After that, the word spread fast.”

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