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UMTRI study finds total cost of ownership of diesels in US often much less than gasoline counterparts

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Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S. Belzowski 2015. Click to enlarge. Average diesel take rates. Model year.

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Total to Acquire UTS Corporation and Its 20% Interest in Fort Hills Oil Sands Project for C$1.15B

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a Total subsidiary, has signed an agreement with UTS Energy Corporation (UTS) to acquire UTS Corporation with its main asset, a 20% interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project in Alberta, Canada. per share) the cost of the acquisition for Total amounts to approximately CAD 1.15 Total E&P Canada Ltd., billion (US$1.09

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Ford claims $1 billion U.S. charge drawback vs. GM, Stellantis

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All in, the corporate stated it spends a mean of $112,000 on wages and advantages in keeping with hourly workman. of Ford’s hourly union staff can be making supremacy wages by means of the future the wave word of honour expires in September, in line with assets. More or less 80 p.c

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NewPage Halts Biofuels Gasification Project With Chemrec Due to Costs

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NewPage Corporation is discontinuing work on the biofuels gasification project at the Escanaba, Michigan pulp and paper mill due to escalating costs. Chemrec has proprietary technology and had approached the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) looking for a United States partner. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Shell launches commercial operation of Quest carbon capture and storage in Alberta oil sands

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Quest was built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint-venture owners Shell Canada Energy (60%), Chevron Canada Limited (20%) and Marathon Oil Canada Corporation (20%), and was made possible through strong support from the governments of Alberta and Canada who provided C$865 million in funding.

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Toyota continues prepare the market for fuel cell vehicle in 2015

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We regard fuel cell vehicles as promising environmentally friendly vehicles of the future, with high total energy (Well-to-Wheel) efficiency. … Eliminating the need for a humidifier allowed Toyota to simplify the structure of the fuel cell system, making it lighter, smaller and more cost-effective.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Steven Cherry Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum's podcast, Fixing the Future. Joining me to talk about it—and IBM's other pivots, past and future—is a person uniquely qualified to do so. And contrary to its corporate culture, it used off-the-shelf parts and software that the company didn't write.

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