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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS also purchased 50 additional LNG vehicles that were deployed in Indianapolis, Ind.; Chicago, Ill.; The company has driven more than one billion miles since 2000 with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. Earth City, Mo.; and Nashville, Tenn., where UPS has existing LNG stations.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Players piloted a Cessna 182 in four real-world areas, including Chicago and Seattle. Microsoft takes control Microsoft’s purchase of Flight Simulator brought an alluring visual showcase in-house at the right time. We were a small shop, and we played by small-shop rules, and that sometimes gave the Microsoft people difficulty.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images. Brad Markell , the Executive Director of the AFL-CIO Industrial Labor Council, told a National Academy EV workshop last year that, “Since 2000, real wages for non-supervisory production workers in the auto industry are down 20 percent.”

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. should be illegal for companies to purchase patents for the purpose of blocking technology. AJ is correct, GM has a couple of platforms they make umpteem "different" vehicles on for different brands. Posted by: Escher | Apr 14, 2009 12:49:45 PM another side note. thats right.

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