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California trucking firm switches fleet of 600+ trucks to Neste renewable diesel

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Ecology, a transportation and logistics company in California, has switched its fleet of more than 600 trucks to run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel and is reporting cleaner fuel filters, fewer maintenance problems and reductions in tailpipe emissions. Switching 600 trucks, which drive on average 25,000 miles per year at approximately 2.5

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Bestmile fleet orchestration platform for on-demand mobility providers

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Autonomous and electrified mobility will make our cities safer and cleaner but will require shared services and intelligent orchestration, and this will make mobility more efficient and comfortable than driving your own car. This is about more than just getting people from A to B. It is actually an extremely complex undertaking.

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Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs

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Several years ago, with the dream of making a book, I set out to learn and document how people around the world make use of thermal waters. Below are eight highlights adapted from my book “Hot Springs” — from an onsen in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, to a set of high-altitude pools near Mount Sajama, in Bolivia.

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Win a copy of the RAC’s new Efficient Driver’s Handbook

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As such you may often be left with the feeling that you could do with a handy guide when making that all-important vehicle choice or when you are looking for maintenance tips to help your current car run cleaner. Tags: Electric cars Green credentials Hybrid cars book efficient driver's handbook giveaway guide RAC.

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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Additionally, EVs have fewer moving parts and require less maintenance since they don’t have components like oil filters, spark plugs, and timing belts that need regular servicing or replacement. This is primarily due to the cleaner energy sources used for charging and the absence of tailpipe emissions during operation.

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HD REV powertrain company Wrightspeed gearing up for commercialization push

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Even when running the system is quiet—comparable to a household vacuum cleaner, Wrightseed says. With fewer moving parts and drastically reduced brake wear, maintenance costs also go down. The Fulcrum only runs when needed, eliminating idle consumption.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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It did not matter that Microsoft's software was notorious for having bugs or that IBM's was far cleaner. As Gerstner noted in his 2002 book , “What my colleagues seemed unwilling or unable to accept was that the war was already over and was a resounding defeat—90 percent market share for Windows to OS/2's 5 percent or 6 percent."

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