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Bridgestone to debut race tire made with natural rubber from guayule

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As part of a broader initiative to accelerate the use of sustainable technologies in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) announced plans to debut Firestone Firehawk race tires made with guayule natural rubber grown and extracted at the company’s guayule R&D facilities in Arizona. Earlier post.).

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BP to Install 45 Ecotality Blink DC Fast Charging Stations

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a partner in The EV Project, will install ECOtality’s Blink electric vehicle (EV) DC Fast Chargers (480 volt 3-Phase AC input)—unveiled at the Business of Plugging In 2010 conference—at 45 BP and ARCO locations. BP Products North America Inc.,

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TravelCenters of America LLC planning to install 50 on-island DEF dispensers in 2011

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TA expects to install about 50 on-island DEF dispensers at locations across the country in 2011. Installations will utilize new dispenser and POS systems that will make purchasing DEF quicker, more efficient and customer friendly. DEF is a nontoxic solution of 67.5% purified water and 32.5%

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ECOtality installs first DC fast charger in Tennessee

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This is the first of 12 Cracker Barrel locations statewide that will install DC Fast Chargers as a part of The EV Project. The project is a public-private partnership, funded in part by the US Department of Energy through a federal stimulus grant and made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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How you can be a part of Zero Emission Day Taking part in Zero Emissions Day is super easy. Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. Eventually, Zero Emission Day turned into a full-blown movement and got its own date: September 21st.

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News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging

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The pilot program offers mobile charging for free to AAA members in San Francisco, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Orlando, Nashville, Charlotte, Denver, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Avon, Peabody and West Springfield, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, and Bend and Portland, Oregon. Office Plug-Ins.

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Biden: U.S. electric car charging pile factory will have a “ripple effect”

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The factory, located in Lebanon, east of Nashville, Tennessee, is expected to produce as many as 30,000 electric vehicle chargers a year and create 500 jobs, the White House said. Tritium listed on Nasdaq in January and plans to move some executive jobs to the United States as part of its expanding focus.