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Calumet’s Montana Renewables became the largest SAF producer in North America in Q2

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Calumet is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and operates twelve facilities throughout North America. In November 2021, Montana Renewables was separated both legally and commercially from Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., and was designated as an unrestricted subsidiary of Calumet as a part of the separation.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant suggests that, since the automakers have already designed the vehicles that they will be selling in 2018, they will become more vocal in 2014 to push for changes; the firm expects the dispute to escalate, perhaps resulting in legal action. presence in Indianapolis.

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GM Files Voluntary Chapter 11; Agreements with US Treasury and Canada; New GM Expected in 60-90 Days

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Indianapolis, Ind. Service & Parts Operations (SPO) Warehousing & Parts Distribution Centers. court filings or court-supervised process, and these filings have no direct legal impact on GM’s plans and operations outside the US. Standby: Sep 2009. Pontiac, Mich. Close: Oct 2009. Spring Hill, Tenn. Wilmington, Del.

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Deploying Data Science and AI to Fight Wildlife Trafficking

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Animals and their parts are traded much like firearms or narcotics — through complex networks of suppliers, dealers, and buyers, who leave a bloody path in their wake. Wildlife trafficking is a lucrative market. While it’s hard to tell exactly how much money it brings in, the U.S. government estimates it’s in the billions of dollars a year.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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The SF90 also holds the lap record for production cars on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ferrari Ferrari, for its part, refuses to sacrifice its fabled handling and sensations on the electric altar. The Ferrari hybrid, for its part, still wails like a La Scala tenor to an emotional, 8,000-rpm peak.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits. Bob Kacergis: Our biggest one is IndyGo in Indianapolis. John Holland: We have no moving parts, which is like nirvana for an engineer. They keep saying, “Let’s put on more battery, because our guys need more range.”