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Mercedes-Benz to set up EV production in US, battery plant; $1B investment in Alabama

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The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz US International), its Tuscaloosa, Alabama facility. Final details of the plans are still being worked on in partnership with the State of Alabama. Mercedes-Benz will set up electric vehicle production in the United States.

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UPS updates 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric step vans with smaller genset engine for better fuel economy

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The updated trucks, which were originally purchased in September 2015, deliver up to four times the fuel economy of a gasoline-powered vehicle, UPS said. The trucks will be deployed in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Texas later this year. A small 23 kW/30 hp, 2100 N·m PSI 2.4-liter

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Daimler opens Mercedes-Benz engine plant in China; first MB passenger car engine plant outside of Germany

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billion) investment, BBAC is increasing its production capacities to more than 200,000 units by 2015. The international locations include the new engine plant at the BBAC joint venture in Beijing as well as the Romanian subsidiary Star Transmission. With Daimler’s €2-billion (US$2.7-billion)

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GE Aviation hits Farnborough at full throttle; $7.5B in R&D investments since 2010; ceramic matrix composites and 3D printing

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By year’s end, GE and CFM International (the 50/50 joint company of GE and Safran) will have more than 15,000 commercial engines on back order. By year’s end, GE and CFM International (the 50/50 joint company of GE and Safran) will have more than 15,000 commercial engines on back order.

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The origins of NDEW and DEED

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Pavley wrote the nation’s first global warming law , AB 32, and AB 1493 , which required a reduction in tailpipe greenhouse-gas emissions. And media from Vermont to Alabama to Hawaii and beyond continue to carry our message of change. National Drive Electric Week, as we have since renamed it, was born. and EVHybridNoire. .

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