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Alabama-built Mercedes-Benz EQE electric SUV to start at $77,900

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The EQE SUV is produced in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while the battery factory in nearby Bibb County supplies the batteries for this model as well as for the EQS SUV. This drastically reduces the draw on battery power for the heating system, thus increasing the range.

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Supreme Court curbs EPA authority to regulate CO2 from power plants

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EPA that the EPA lacks the authority to set emission standards for power plants so strict as to force a shift of power generation from fossil fuels. It located that newfound power in the vague language of an “ancillary provision[]” of the Act, Whitman, 531 U.S., at 267–268; Alabama Assn., Utility Air, 573 U.S.,

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Get Ford F-150 Raptor Power for Much Less Coin

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The Ford F-150 Raptor R is a seriously impressive truck with an equally serious price tag that puts it out of reach for most buyers. An Alabama Ford dealer has a solution , however, in the form of a base F-150 XL with a Roush supercharger and other upgrades. liter Roush Supercharger. The truck also has a 3.73

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DOE awards $2.4M to 3 projects for next-generation grid energy storage

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Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and partners will perform a pre-front end engineering design (pre-FEED) study on the integration of a 10 MWhe (megawatt-hour electricity) SandTES pilot system into Alabama Power’s Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant in Wilsonville, Alabama.

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Mercedes-Benz EQE pricing revealed for U.S.

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Update 6:05 PM EST: Mercedes-Benz contacted Teslarati to correct pricing for the Pinnacle trim of all 3 EQE configurations. An earlier release from MB listed incorrect pricing. Mercedes-Benz has announced pricing for the upcoming Alabama-built EQE SUV, the automaker’s second fully-electric sport utility vehicle following the EQS.

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Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

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Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. will deliver to the grid by the end of 2020.

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NASA is going to power small spacecraft with flexible thin-film solar

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Photo: Ascent Solar Technologies NASA is taking Ascent Solar Technologies ‘ (Nasdaq: ASTI) flexible thin-film solar on a “big power for small spacecraft” mission this summer. Ascent Solar Technologies’ solar arrays for LISA-T are light, take up less space when packed, and pump out three times the power compared to other PV options.

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