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Nova Bus receives order for 425 CNG buses

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Nova Bus has received an order for 425 40-foot CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) buses from VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, Texas. The buses will be manufactured in Plattsburgh, New York. Delivery will support VIA’s ongoing all-CNG fleet conversion.

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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

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The partnership builds upon the momentum of the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, in which Austin was a finalist, and is a direct outcome of the Texas Mobility Summit held 1–2 December 2016. San Antonio Area — Fredericksburg Road/Medical Drive corridor and bus rapid transit system.

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Arconic announces multi-year aluminum deal with Toyota

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This makes Arconic the sole aluminum sheet supplier to Toyota for the Lexus RX, named by Consumer Reports as the Best Luxury SUV of 2016. Arconic is a partner to the high-growth automotive industry with operations in Davenport, Iowa, and Alcoa, Tennessee and with technologies such as the Arconic Micromill in San Antonio, Texas.

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EIA: natural gas-fired reciprocating engines are being deployed more to balance renewables

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In addition to the Denton Energy Center, Texas is home to three other facilities that rank among the six largest reciprocating engine plants in the United States: Red Gate Power Plant, located near McAllen, is a 220-MW plant that became operational in 2016. This plant features 12 natural gas-fired reciprocating engines, each providing 18.3

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Valeo Cruise4U car sets off on 13,000-mile partially automated drive across US

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Valeo’s Cruise4U partially automated car, previously demonstrated at CES in Las Vegas in January 2016, set off from San Francisco on a 13,000-mile road trip around the US that is scheduled to conclude back in San Francisco on 15 September. The vehicle will travel both day and night in real traffic conditions.

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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. Alternative places in Texas come with Corpus Christi, Houston, Katy and San Antonio. He nearest known as for as many as 20 imaginable retail outlets.

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SpaceX’s first Jupiter launch a step closer as NASA begins assembling ‘Europa Clipper’

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The engineering components and science instruments that make up the spacecraft’s flight hardware began development in 2016 and are expected to be completed by the end of 2022. The first instrument to arrive at JPL was the Europa-UVS, an ultraviolet spectrograph that was assembled in San Antonio, Texas.