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Blue Sun to build and operate renewable jet, diesel and gasoline demonstration facility; next step commercial volumes

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The scale up of the Biofuels ISOCONVERSION process with our partners at Blue Sun will allow us to take a significant step toward commercial scale production of 100% drop-in fuels at prices competitive with petroleum in the 2015 timeframe. Joseph, Missouri in Q1 2013 and will be operational in Q3 2013.

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BMW and Nissan again partner to add 174 more DC fast chargers in US with EVgo

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This latest expansion builds on the 120 dual-port DC Fast chargers that BMW and Nissan announced together in December 2015. EVgo’s fast charging network now totals 668 dual-port DC Fast charging stations installed and available to all EV drivers across the United States. Earlier post.)

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Clean Energy to build new CNG stations for multiple transit agencies and large school district; agreements with trucking, refuse and others

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NICE has awarded Clean Energy the contract to design, build and operate and maintain a new CNG station that will, upon completion, replace its existing Mitchel Field station, and operate and maintain the existing CNG stations. Clean Energy currently supports another 100 CNG buses at an additional station and provides a total of 4.6

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Electric utility in Kansas leads push to get electric cars on roads

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CHECK OUT: Kansas City Power & Light To Build 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Sites (Jan 2015) A. If one electric utility has its way, more electric cars will soon be plying the roads of America's heartland.

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UCLA researchers develop exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal nanocomposite

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Structural metals are load-bearing metals; they are used in buildings and vehicles. Chen is now an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. —Xiaochun Li, the principal investigator on the research and Raytheon Chair in Manufacturing Engineering at UCLA.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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As the luxury division of the Hyundai Group (Genesis, Hyundai and Kia) it has gone from two models in 2015 to eight in 2023. The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Hyperloop: An Engineering Marvel or An Elite Day Dream

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“Although Hyperloop will be fast, the systems we are building will accelerate with the same tolerable G-forces as that of taking off in a Boeing 747,” and acceleration and deceleration will be gradual with no G-forces and turbulence it added. Hyperloop: How Much Do The Tickets Cost? ” Now the real question.

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