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Used Car of the Day: 2008 BMW M5

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This Chicago-area 2008 BMW M5 with a manual (!) has belonged to the seller since 2016, when he or she brought it up from Dallas. Today's UCOTD comes from my backyard (well, sort of -- it's within the metro but a bit of a trek). In addition to a row-your-own gearbox, this M5 has just over 60K miles on the clock.

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US Public Transit Ridership in 2008 At Highest Level in 52 years; 10.7B Trips

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billion trips on public transportation in 2008, the highest level of ridership in 52 years and a modern ridership record, according to a report released by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). in 2008, according to the US Department of Transportation. increase in 2008. Commuter rail increased in 2008 by 4.7%.

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Researchers demonstrate effective silicon-based thermoelectric generators

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A University of Texas at Dallas physicist has teamed with Texas Instruments Inc. But in 2008, new research indicated that silicon performed much better as a nanowire. He turned to Lee and UT Dallas to further study what the devices could do. Efforts to make a useful silicon thermoelectric generator haven’t succeeded.

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Government’s Role in Further Developing 5G Technologies and Future Networks

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Since August 1999, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, where he has been promoted to the rank of a Full Professor. He is on leave from UT Dallas to serve as a Rotating Program Director at the U.S. Murat Torlak received the M.S.

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Nestlé Waters Converts Lift Trucks from LPG to Hydrogen Fuel Cells

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Nestlé Waters North America has installed 32 Plug Power GenDrive hydrogen fuel cells, purchased in 2008, in its materials-handling fleet at their Dallas, Texas bottling facility. Nestlé Waters also signed a long-term agreement with Air Products to supply hydrogen and hydrogen fueling station technology for the Dallas facility.

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Alon USA receives go ahead for Bakersfield, CA rail terminal and refinery project; Bakken light crude

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Although the existing refinery has a maximum rated crude processing capacity of 70,000 bpd, due to a 2008 bankruptcy of the prior owner, crude oil refining was temporarily suspended. the routes over which the crude oil will be transported. Alon USA Energy, Inc.,

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BAF Technologies Begins Converting 600 ATT Vehicles To CNG in 2009

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Dallas-based BAF Technologies has begun converting 600 AT&T Ford E-Series vans to dedicated CNG technology in 2009. The new CNG/passenger vehicle commitment follows AT&T’s deployment of 105 alternative-fuel vehicles in more than 30 US cities beginning in June 2008. Earlier post.).

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