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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

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UPS plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US.

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The Boring Company will aim to build a working Hyperloop system in the next few years

Teslarati

In the coming years, Boring Co will attempt to build a working Hyperloop. From a known physics standpoint, this is the fastest possible way of getting from one city center to another for distances less than ~2000 miles. In the coming years, Boring Co will attempt to build a working Hyperloop.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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UPS plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. Currently, UPS operates LNG tractors in Las Vegas, Nev., Building these fueling stations is a solid future investment for UPS. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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UPS adds 48 more heavy-duty LNG tractor trucks to fleet; Westport HD System

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and Las Vegas, Nev., UPS currently bases its 11 LNG tractors in Ontario, from which they can make the round trip to Las Vegas on one tank of fuel. UPS is working closely with the DOE’s Clean Cities program to construct a LNG fueling station in Las Vegas. along with UPS’s 11 existing LNG tractors.

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Faster, Meaner, Deadlier: The Evolution of BattleBots

Cars That Think

This week, tickets went on sale for audience seating for the next season of Battlebots ; filming will commence in October in Las Vegas. Battlebots premiered on Comedy Central in, I think it was, 2000. Back in the day, if you're going to build a robot without CAD, you think very pragmatically and very form follows function.

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BMW Group launches high performance D3 platform: data-driven development for autonomous driving

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In autumn 2017 the first group of engineers moved into the new building, which celebrated its official opening in April 2018. It was back in 2000 when the BMW Group first started to conduct research into its vision of a car that people could drive themselves but didn’t have to. Autonomous Driving at the BMW Group.

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Greenius & Obama Celebrate Our First 100 Days!

Creative Greenius

I spent two hours on the phone with Dency while he was stage managing a show in Las Vegas to get the material I need to write Lillian’s 5 minutes of remarks. That’s in the exact opposite of the direction this country has been heading since the year 2000. So go ahead - choose those guys or the Greenius.

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