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First drive in the 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70: A beauty of an EV… just not for long trips

Baua Electric

Now, I also want to point out that my frustrations with the trip were just as much pointed at charging infrastructure in western Illinois and all of Iowa. I started at a level 2 ABB charger in Dixon, IL to get back to 80% – enough to get me to a fast charger in Bettendorf, Iowa.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

Green Car Congress

In addition to USDA’s contribution, Cool Planet has attracted private investments from numerous companies, including Google Ventures; BP; ConocoPhillips; GE; Exelon; and NRG Energy. USDA has awarded conditional commitments for other plants in Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina and Oregon.

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UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

Green Car Congress

REG, headquartered in Ames, Iowa, produces renewable hydrocarbon diesel fuel from waste vegetable oils and animal fats at its Geismar, Louisiana, bio-refinery as well as biodiesel at nine bio refining locations in the US. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel. trillion.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

They set up a multimedia web site to publicize their ongoing progress but also used Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Earth, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, FreeConferenceCall.com, emails, and texting tools to coordinate both national and state planning committees. Michael and Maddy employed multiple Web 2.0