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GILLIG posts highest score for battery-electric bus at Altoona

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GILLIG Battery Electric Bus by Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), Charlotte, North Carolina. The FTA introduced a 100-point scoring system in 2016 to better inform buyers by offering an unbiased, standardized assessment of vehicle durability, safety, and performance. Report Number: LTI-BT-R2021-12 ).

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Isuzu and GM enter commercial vehicle collaboration agreement in the US; new low cab forward trucks

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The six new models—Chevrolet 3500, 3500HD, 4500, 4500HD, 5500 and 5500 HD—will be distributed by participating Chevrolet dealers in the US market starting in 2016. The gasoline-powered models will be assembled in the United States in Charlotte, Mich. Chevrolet 4500. Click to enlarge.

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Camber Ridge opening $60M tire testing facility with 0.5-mile oval indoor track

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Camber Ridge, LLC is partnering with Teton Capital, LLC to launch a new $60-million state-of-the-art facility for vehicle tire characterization, which will begin operations in 2016. The new facility is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the midst of the region’s growing automotive research and manufacturing cluster.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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Electric vehicle share of new 2016 vehicle registrations by metropolitan area. The five leading electric vehicle markets by volume, representing nearly half of all US electric vehicle sales, each had at least 24 available electric vehicle models in 2016. New vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive.) Source: The ICCT.

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3 AutoNation USA retail outlets obvious up to now this while

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Beneath then-CEO Mike Jackson, AutoNation in 2016 revived the AutoNation USA emblem, years nearest Jackson had closed lots of the team’s used-only retail outlets. Charlotte, N.C.; He nearest known as for as many as 20 imaginable retail outlets. Denver has two retail outlets, and there are shops in Kennesaw, Ga.;

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Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

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The turbines for the Hummel generating station will be manufactured at Siemens’ manufacturing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 829 megawatt “Liberty” power plant, located in Towanda, Pennsylvania, is expected to enter commercial operations in the first quarter of 2016.

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SLAC, Stanford team develops new catalyst for water-splitting for renewable fuels production; 100x more efficient than other acid-stable catalysts

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The researchers still don’t know exactly why this surface layer is so active, although the theorists, including SUNCAT graduate students Colin Dickens and Charlotte Kirk, have provided some ideas. Dickens, Kazunori Nishio, Yasuyuki Hikita, Joseph Montoya, Andrew Doyle, Charlotte Kirk, Aleksandra Vojvodic, Harold Y. Seitz, Colin F.

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