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Walmart to buy 4,500 Canoo electric delivery vehicles; option for up to 10,000

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Walmart signed a definitive agreement with Canoo to purchase 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles, beginning with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), with the option to purchase up to 10,000 units.

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Shelby Mustang Mach-E, BMW M5 spy shots: Car News Headlines

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Aurora Innovation plans to launch a commercial service next year with self-driving trucks transporting goods between Dallas and Houston. You’ll find these stories and more in today’s car news, right here at Motor Authority.

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Texas awarding up to $5.7M for alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles

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A hybrid vehicle is defined as a motor vehicle with at least two different energy converters and two different energy storage systems on board the vehicle for the purpose of propelling the vehicle. Projects must result in at least a 25% reduction of emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ).

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?How a Design Battle Between Chip Engineers Led to Polaroid’s Revolutionary SX-70 Camera

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In contention was the contract for the electronics of Polaroid’s secret project—a pioneering product introduced in 1972 as the SX-70, a camera eventually purchased by millions of people. These circuits were divided into three modules, one each for motor, exposure and logic, and flash control. of Dallas, Texas. Cambridge, Mass.

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

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Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. The project will deploy refueling stations and alternative fuel vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The project also includes construction of a B20 station. Total DOE award: $14,983,167.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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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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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Two global fulfillment centers—one in Rotterdam and one in Dallas—can ship product to customers within 72 hours. In February of 2009 Smith Electric announced an agreement with Ford Motor Company to provide an electric version of the Ford Transit Connect Van for the North American Market. Click to enlarge. Hydro-Quebec lawsuit.

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