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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

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per gallon (gal) in 2018, 30 cents/gal (13%) higher than in 2017 and 57 cents/gal higher than in 2016. Midwest (Chicago and Cleveland). Prices in Chicago were higher than prices in Cleveland and the Midwest regional average in every week during 2018. US regular retail gasoline prices averaged $2.72 gal to $2.91/gal

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UPS to add more than 6,000 natural gas trucks 2020-2022; $450M investment

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Since 2016, Agility Fuel Solutions has provided natural gas fuel storage and delivery systems to more than 1,700 UPS trucks. Houston, Texas, and Cleveland, Ohio. The investment in CNG fuel systems expands UPS’ relationship with Agility Fuel Solutions and supports UPS’ fleet sustainability efforts.

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Swaying toward EV mobility

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Attacking the problem The idea for Sway Mobility came in 2017, when Peters was working in sustainability with different neighborhoods in Cleveland. “I Enrolling the whole family The Peters family began its EV journey in 2016 with a used Fiat 500E that Michael imported from California. “It Rental periods average approximately 1.5

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Ford EcoBoost US sales up 46% year-to-date; tracking to top 1 million in US in 2015 for 1st time

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liter V6 debuts in 2016. liter twin-scroll EcoBoost now available on the all-new Edge, Ford recently invested nearly $200 million at its Cleveland engine plant, where production began this year. Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter liter three-cylinder; 1.5-liter, liter and 2.3-liter liter and 3.5-liter

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Alcoa opens 3D printing metal powder plant

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The facility will form part of Arconic following separation from Alcoa’s traditional commodity business in the second half of 2016. Alcoa is piloting the technique in Pittsburgh and Cleveland. In addition, it has a 100-year history in aluminum metal powder production, primarily for rocket fuel, paint and other products.

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NASA testing new boundary layer ingesting (BLI) propulsor; 4-8% fuel burn savings over current advanced engines

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Source: Hall (2016). NASA is testing the propulsor, designed by United Technologies Research Center with research conducted by Virginia Polytechnic and State University, in its 8' x 6' Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio. —David Arend, a BLI propulsion expert at NASA Glenn. Click to enlarge.

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Researchers determine specific rates of biodegradation for 125 petroleum compounds in Deepwater Horizon spill

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Bagby is now at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio. Valentine (2016) “Persistence and biodegradation of oil at the ocean floor following Deepwater Horizon” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1610110114. Bagby, Christopher M. Reddy, Christoph Aeppli, G. Burch Fisher, and David L. 1610110114.

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