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CarMax leads unutilized used-vehicle tally

Baua Electric

The corporate operates shops in Texas and all over the Southwest. and Portland, Ore. and has places in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Indiana. Tricolor Holdings, of Irving, Texas, bought 25,553 cars in 2022, up 33 p.c. Shift consolidated its bodily operations to Los Angeles; Oakland, Calif.;

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SPX Services suggests 5 early practical lessons about public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Green Car Congress

SPX Service Solutions, a component of the diversified global SPX corporation, is partnering with GM and Daimler for charging stations and installation services for the Chevy Volt; and smart fortwo electric drive and Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-CELL, respectively. That’s really what they did with [Portland’s] Electric Avenue.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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US Synthetic Corporation (Orem, Utah) will develop water-lubricated polycrystalline diamond thrust bearings (rotary bearings that allow device components to rotate under high axial loads) for use in marine and hydrokinetic energy devices; these bearings will help reduce operating costs, improve device reliability. DOE Funding: $400,000.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Large automakers based in Michigan, including GM, Chrysler, and Ford, will receive a total of more than $400 million to manufacture thousands of advanced hybrid and electric vehicles as well as batteries and electric drive components. Technology.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ted Kulongoski arrived to test-drive an electric car and urge the company to import through the port of Portland. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66 40.40% Unisys Corporation 1.49 0.50% 10yr 98 10/32 Yield: 2.94% Apr 17 5:15pm ET † Company Price % Change Unisys Corporation 1.50 6.23% Lam Research Corporation 27.89

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