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Used Car of the Day: 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT

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Today's UCOTD comes to us from the South -- it's an Atlanta-based 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT. The seller has put 51,000 of the 97,000 miles on this hot-rod JGC, and he or she is selling due to an addition to their family. It's stock and fully loaded, according to the seller, and has lived in both Michigan and Georgia.

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

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million miles of driving this year by 425 vehicles in its fleets at the Porsche Experience Centers in Atlanta and Los Angeles, as well as cars in the Porsche Passport subscription service and Porsche Drive short-term rental programs. PCNA estimates it will offset more than 3.5 How much does it cost?

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Southern Company acquiring AGL Resources for $8B, creating 2nd largest US electric and gas utility by customer base

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to the volume-weighted average stock price of AGL Resources over the last 20 trading days ended 21 August 2015. Generating capacity of approximately 46,000 megawatts. Under the terms of the agreement, AGL Resources’ shareholders will be entitled to receive $66 in cash for each share of AGL Resources common stock.

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Allison Transmission introduces new 9AT for release in 2020; extends xFE fuel-saving to Series 1000, 2000

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Allison Transmission recently introduced its first nine-speed model at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta. The Allison nine-speed model leverages the proven durability of the Allison 2000 Series six-speed commercial transmissions, which have accumulated more than 100 billion miles globally.

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UPS to add 1,400 new CNG vehicles over next year; building 15 new CNG fueling stations

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Agility Fuel Systems announced that UPS has ordered 445 of its new 160 DGE Behind-the-Cab CNG fuel systems for delivery in 2015. The cities are Atlanta, Ga.; —Mitch Nichols, UPS senior vice president of transportation and engineering. Agility providing 445 CNG fuel systems to UPS. billion km) in this fleet by the end of 2017.

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

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Earlier this month, the company introduced Ford Smart Mobility at the 2015 International CES. A person sitting in the Palo Alto laboratory can access real-time video streamed over existing 4G/LTE technology to drive golf carts thousands of miles away. Maciuca holds a Ph.D. Earlier post.)

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Dahn’s “million-mile battery” detailed in open-access paper in JES

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million kilometers (1 million miles) and last at least two decades in grid energy storage. Professor Dahn and his research group is Tesla’s battery research partner, following an agreement signed in 2015. Earlier post.). In this paper, testing results on LiNi 0.5 O 2 /artificial graphite (NMC532/AG) cells are presented.

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