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Lion Electric to build US plant in Illinois; largest all-electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles plant in US

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The 900,000 sq-ft facility, for which building ramp up is anticipated in the second half of 2021, is expected to add a minimum of 745 direct jobs to the region over the next three years, with an annual production capacity of up to 20,000 all-electric buses and trucks.

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Kinder Morgan to invest ~$1B on new CO2 system for EOR

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will build and operate a new, 213-mile (343 km), 16-inch diameter pipeline to transport carbon dioxide from the company’s St. Johns source field in Apache County, Arizona, to the Kinder Morgan-operated Cortez Pipeline in Torrance County, NM. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Johns field.

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Resolution Copper project advances in US permitting; one of largest and deepest copper mines in US

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Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper project in Arizona has achieved a major permitting milestone with the release of an independently prepared Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project. This area currently contains two operating mine shafts, a mine administration building, and other mining infrastructure.

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Lucid Air debuts in New York; completes first high speed stability test at 217 mph

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The 1,000 hp, 400-mile range Lucid Air was first unveiled in December 2016. The Air will be manufactured in Casa Grande, Arizona. The factory, first announced in November 2016, will come online in 2019 and build 10,000 vehicles in the first 12 months. Earlier post.)

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GM to start autonomous vehicle manufacturing and testing in Michigan

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Workers at the Orion Township assembly plant will build test fleet Bolt EVs equipped with fully autonomous technology. Since the beginning of 2016, GM has taken significant steps in its development of autonomous vehicle technology. The plant currently manufactures the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Sonic.

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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 plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. In 2016, UPS used more than 61 million gallons of natural gas in its ground fleet, which included 4.6

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2021 Herz Award Goes to Former IEEE Senior Director of IT

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during Superstorm Sandy and allowed for systems to switch over to IEEE's remote server site in Arizona when the building lost power. He died in 2016 at the age of 89. The program was implemented in 2012 at the IEEE Operations Center, in Piscataway, N.J., The nomination deadline for the 2022 Herz Award is 15 January.

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