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Lilium (LILM) inks new partnership to bring eVTOL jet rides to the south of France

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Lilium ($LILM) is a Munich-based startup founded in 2015 that specializes in Regional Air Mobility (RAM). Earlier this month, the startup secured a firm order from UrbanLink to put at least 20 of its eVTOL jets into service around South Florida.

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UPS updates 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric step vans with smaller genset engine for better fuel economy

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The updated trucks, which were originally purchased in September 2015, deliver up to four times the fuel economy of a gasoline-powered vehicle, UPS said. The trucks will be deployed in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Texas later this year.

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General Dynamics NASSCO launches first LNG-powered containership

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The containership, part of a two-ship contract, was built for TOTE, a leading logistics and transportation company. Upon delivery in late-2015, the Jones Act-qualified ships will operate between Jacksonville, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico. When delivered, the ships will be the cleanest of their kind and size.

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SpaceX drone ship sails through Panama Canal on the way to California

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This time around, similar to drone ship Just Read The Instructions’ (JRTI) original 2015 journey from a Louisiana shipyard to Port of Los Angeles, drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) headed west through the Panama Canal on June 25th, 2021. pic.twitter.com/zl8nloObEO — The Panama Canal (@thepanamacanal) June 25, 2021.

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Relativity’s first 3D-printed rocket aims to debut a new rocket fuel

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Founded in 2015, the Los Angeles-based aerospace company has taken its few years of obligatory delays in stride while pursuing a 2020 debut for its (relatively) small Terran 1 rocket. A small Florida launch pad is abuzz with activity as Relativity Space speeds towards its first 3D-printed rocket launch. Richard Angle). Richard Angle).

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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returns NASA cargo to Earth after six weeks in space

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At 5:19 am on January 11th, the Dragon capsule gently splashed down off the coast of Tampa, Florida, and was quickly secured by a SpaceX recovery ship. While Falcon 9 infamously failed during the June 2015 launch of CRS-7, every Dragon that has ever reached orbit has been recovered in one piece.

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Study finds road conditions in US states worsening in important categories

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—Baruch Feigenbaum, lead author of the Annual Highway Report and assistant director of transportation at Reason Foundation. The Annual Highway Report finds states disbursed about $139 billion for state-controlled highways and arterials in 2016, a 4% decrease from approximately $145 billion spent in 2015. —Baruch Feigenbaum.