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CarMax leads unutilized used-vehicle tally

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EchoPark, of Charlotte, N.C., and has places in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Indiana. CarShop, of Chester Springs, Pa., bought 71,242 older cars in 2022, up 12 p.c from the former presen. bought 64,107 older cars in 2022, unwell 18 p.c. Penske’s CarShop comprises gross sales from the U.Ok.

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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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million to Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Ill.,to Collaborating with NIU on this project are Northwestern University; Quad City Manufacturing Laboratory; Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center; and Fabricators & Manufacturers Association. NIST is also awarding $2.4

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. But during her time as a freshman at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, the aerospace industry went through a period of mass layoffs.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of seven transit agencies, Illinois: $4,030,000. City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois: $1,500,000. Rock Island Metro, Illinois: $600,000.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Electric Power Research Institute (Charlotte, North Carolina). BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). Lorama Group Inc.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Plug-In Supply also sells components and assemblies to enable "do-it-yourselfers" to convert Priuses using its kits and systems, configured for several battery types.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Illinois Institute of Technology with City of Chicago, MicroSun Technologies and Commonwealth Edison, Ford Escape Hybrid by All Cell Technologies (March 2007), Chicago, IL, contact: kcampbell@cityofchicago.org , alhallaj@iit.edu , sveupet@gmail.com. Jim Tech Ltd. Contact Ewan Pritchard at epritcha@advancedenergy.org.

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