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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 trucks will be deployed in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Texas later this year. a Cincinnati-based company, was announced by Carlton Rose, UPS Global Fleet Maintenance and Engineering president at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach, Calif.

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Study finds road conditions in US states worsening in important categories

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This edition of the Annual Highway Report uses state-submitted highway data from 2016, the most recent year with complete figures currently available, along with traffic congestion and bridge data from 2017. Overall Rankings, 24 th Annual Highway Report. —Baruch Feigenbaum.

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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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Completion of the new station is expected for summer 2017. Clean Energy will construct a new station that includes fast-fill and time-fill fueling options using two Clean Energy Compression (CEC) compressors as well as modifying a maintenance facility to facilitate CNG buses. million GGEs of CNG annually for the NICE bus fleet.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. During and after Maria, Casa Pueblo continued to operate a solar-based microgrid it had installed in 2017. Casa Pueblo’s solar-powered radio transmitter was the main means of disseminating news across central Puerto Rico after the 2017 storm.