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Toyota’s San Antonio plant begins production of 2023 all-hybrid Sequoia

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This design combines maximum performance with amazing efficiency, and it is built with heavy-duty performance in mind. While the electric motor does the bulk of the work at lower speeds, once above 18 mph, the gasoline engine assumes primary operation for excellent performance in the mid- and high-speed range. In addition to the TSS 2.5

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First natural gas GM half-ton pickups with 5.3L DI engines delivered in Texas

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The 2015 model vehicles were purchased by local Houston company NewTex Plumbing and San Antonio-based Pioneer Energy Services. GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado trucks for each fleet were upgraded to run on either natural gas or gasoline using the new DuraDrive DI natural gas system, supplied by Utah-based AGA Systems.

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DOE awards $20M to 10 hydrogen production and delivery technologies projects

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Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio, Texas will receive $1.8 million to design and demonstrate an integrated, intelligent high pressure hydrogen dispenser for fuel cell electric vehicle fueling. million to demonstrate a hydrogen compression system. Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. of Billerica, Massachusetts will receive $1.5

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Juniper GTL to invest $100M to retrofit plant to new small-scale GTL facility in Louisiana

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billion GTL facility at the Port of Lake Charles that will yield chiefly gasoline. The Juniper GTL project, with a design production of 1,100 barrels per day of clean chemicals and transportation fuels, will be a forerunner of smaller commercial GTL plants. In January, G2X Energy announced a $1.3-billion Earlier post.).

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

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We drove several F-150 Lightnings, in various trims, with and without payloads or trailers, out of San Antonio and through the winding roads of Texas hill country during the first week of May. Lower-line Lightnings use the 12-inch horizontal display from high-end gasoline F-150s. vehicle line for more than 40 years.

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Clean Energy wins $10M, multi-year transit deal with New Jersey Transit

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NJ Transit is expected to operate a fleet of 147 CNG commuter buses estimated to consume approximately 2 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) each year. Clean Energy will design, build, lease and operate a new station in Orange County, Fla., Clean Energy has signed a contract to design and build two stations for Recology Inc.,

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CleanFUEL USA and Ferrellgas Working Together on Propane Refueling Network in US

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Ferrellgas will support the station rollouts in 11 cities as the designated fuel partner. The companies expect to break ground on the first Dallas-Fort Worth station in the third quarter of 2010, which will be followed with projects in Austin, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Indianapolis, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio and St.

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