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Getting Wet and Wild With NASCAR in Chicago

The Truth About Cars

It was the first time Chicago has hosted a street race for a major racing series in the modern era – and while we’re on the topic of firsts, what’s billed as the first-ever American auto race took place on the streets of the city and nearby Evanston in 1895. There’s always a first for everything. It was NASCAR’s first street race ever.

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Enterprise Holdings acquiring IGO CarSharing in Chicago

Green Car Congress

Enterprise Holdings is acquiring the business of IGO CarSharing , a non-profit organization serving more than 15,000 members, with more than 200 locations in more than 40 neighborhoods. Enterprise first launched hourly rentals in Chicago in 2005.

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Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

Teslarati

” Rivian showroom to open in luxury Chicago neighborhood Once complete, the Starfire coal mine will be the BrightNight Starfire Renewable Energy Center. Rivian has committed to purchasing 100 MW of renewable energy from Phase 1 of the project buildout. Phase 1 is expected to start in 2025 with initial construction.

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5 Hotel Pools Perfect for Swimmers

Baua Electric

Then, while planning a trip to Chicago, Ms. In the Intercontinental Hotel, the 25-yard-long pool, built in 1929, is one of the oldest in Chicago and is surrounded by Greek-inspired marble decoration. “Most hotel pools are too tiny or too crowded,” she said. Heisler, from Ann Arbor, Mich., Hours: Weekdays 6 a.m. weekends 7 a.m.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing. The company was purchased by Avis in 2013 and operates as a subsidiary of the traditional car rental company. In the U.S. as well as 600 universities throughout the country.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. Total DOE award: $14,999,905.

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Is the Place to Go for Inventive Pastries and Fresh Bread

Baua Electric

Everything within — furniture, lighting, art and even the pantry provisions — is available for purchase. In a new exhibit at Pace Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood entitled “Stratagems,” Donovan presents 11 towering new works constructed entirely from CDs, most of which she scavenged and salvaged from eBay. “We