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OCTOBER 3, 2017

increase over Q3 2016, its previous best quarter, and a 17.7% In total, the company expects to deliver about 100,000 Model S and X vehicles in 2017—a 31% increase over 2016. In Q3, Tesla delivered 26,150 vehicles, of which 14,065 were Model S (54%), 11,865 were Model X (45%), and 220 were Model 3 (1%). increase over Q2 2017.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2016 SmartWay Freight Carrier Excellence Award recipients are: Airtime Express Inc. billion in fuel costs—equivalent to eliminating annual energy use in over six million homes.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

It halted work at its Nevada-based production facility in 2016; the startup company's main backer, China's LeEco, acknowledged this past May it was experiencing financial problems; and Faraday Future has been clamoring.

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JULY 28, 2015

is introducing its new 2016 ISB6.7 liter MidRange, factory-built, dedicated natural gas engine ( earlier post ), to the Type C School bus market at the North American School Bus Show – STN Expo Conference and Trade Show in Reno, Nevada. G will be in full production by mid-2016. Cummins Westport Inc. The ISB6.7 The ISB6.7

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MAY 10, 2017

Recently recognized as a 2016 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Wrightspeed will now leverage AxleTech’s expertise in engineering and manufacturing to accelerate commercial deployment of its multimodal REV Route powertrain. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Today, Faraday Future halts work on its Nevada electric-car factory, the 2017 Jeep Compass debuts at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show, and 250,000 plug-in cars are expected to be sold in California this month. Faraday Future recently halted work on its Nevada factory, and says it will resume in early 2017.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

First introduced in 2016 on 90 Series cars in Sweden and Norway, Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert now come as standard equipment on all model year 2021 Volvo cars sold in the US. Volvo car owners can choose to activate the features via the vehicle’s tablet-like infotainment screen and can deactivate the features at any time.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

AECOM has been selected to construct the $1-billion, 3-million square foot electric car manufacturing plant for Faraday Future (FF) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. In keeping with Faraday Future’s mission, the production facility features a number of elements designed for sustainability and harmonization with Nevada’s natural surroundings.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

During a press conference at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, Faraday Future announced plans to build its first electric car within two years. Later in 2016, it selected a site for what it claimed would be a $1 billion electric-car factory to be built in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The Clayton Valley South Expansion consists of 471 federal placer mining claims, totaling approximately 9,540 acres (3,861 hectares) and is located approximately 30 miles southwest of Tonopah, Nevada, within the Clayton Valley. Clayton Valley is a 3.5-hour hour drive south of the Tesla Gigafactory.

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MARCH 16, 2017

In 2016, UPS used more than 61 million gallons of natural gas in its ground fleet, which included 4.6 In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles. million gallons of renewable natural gas. in addition to vehicles in Germany, the Netherlands and Thailand.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Traffic Light Information is launching this December in the US beginning with Las Vegas, NV and will be available to customers with select Audi A4, Q7 and A4 allroad models (manufactured after 1 June 2016) equipped with an active Audi connect PRIME subscription.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

will be deployed beginning in January 2017 starting in Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and, possibly in other states as well. A cloud-based, real time telematics performance monitoring system provides feedback for energy monitoring and route efficiency. The trucks, manufactured by Workhorse Group, Inc.,

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Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2016

Today, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett battle over carbon-free electricity in Nevada, engineers explain how they uncovered Volkswagen's diesel-emissions cheating, and we take a look at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Zero race for electric motorcycles. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Vehicle automation is set to be rolled out in stages, starting with partially automated driving from 2016, high levels of automation from 2020 and ultimately fully automated systems available from 2025. More than 15,000 miles of highly automated driving have been recorded on public roads, primarily in Nevada.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

workers in California, Texas, Nevada and New York. While just over half of Americans reported approving of labor unions in 2016, that number has risen to roughly 67 percent in 2023. Additionally, Gallup data shows that the U.S. public has shifted in its views on unions since the last unionization efforts at Tesla.

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JANUARY 3, 2016

For 2016, the target for diesel and diesel substitutes is 99.97 Sierra BioFuels’ MSW-to-FT diesel fuel facility , which is currently under construction in Nevada, consists of a Feedstock Processing Facility and a biorefinery. gCO 2 e/MJ ( Earlier post.) Fulcrum is requesting a CI of 37.47 g/MJ for its MSW-to-FT diesel.

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MARCH 4, 2012

Currently, it holds exploration licenses in Canada, Nevada, the US and Serbia. They are projecting production for 2016. Ultra holds 643 sq. of lithium/boron mineral exploration licenses in the Republic of Serbia. All 7 exploration concessions are in the same geological belt as Rio Tinto’s Jadar deposit in Serbia.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

In 2016, Daimler took part in the Dutch government’s initiative European Truck Platooning Challenge with three electronically connected and semi autonomous driving Mercedes-Benz Actros. The following year, Daimler introduced “Highway Pilot“ in Germany.

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JANUARY 6, 2016

At CES 2016, Kia Motors launched a new sub-brand—DRIVE WISE—to encompass its future Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The state of Nevada recently granted Kia a special licence to test the new technologies on public roads. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 25, 2022

That will only change once the Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) uncrewed Dream Chaser spaceplane finally begins launching under NASA’s second round of Commercial Resupply Services (CRS2) contracts. pic.twitter.com/VKu6yOr22q — Gav Cornwell (@SpaceOffshore) January 24, 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

In total, these projects are intended to produce more than 100 million gallons of military-grade fuel beginning in 2016 and 2017 at a price competitive with their petroleum counterparts. Fulcrum BioEnergy: To build a 10-million gpy refinery in McCarran, Nevada. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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MAY 29, 2015

USDA has supported efforts to build six new biorefineries to produce advanced biofuels in Louisiana, Georgia, Oregon, Nevada, North Carolina, and Iowa, in addition to two existing facilities in New Mexico and Florida previously supported by the program. USDA has also worked with agencies to strengthen markets for bio-based products.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Nanoracks/Lockheed Martin/Voyager Space Orbital Reef, First Stages Illustration of the first components of Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada’s proposed Orbital Reef space station in orbit. Blue Origin/Sierra Nevada SpaceX’s “Station”? An inflatable storage compartment, called BEAM , has been docked to the ISS since 2016.

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JUNE 16, 2016

The vehicle, dubbed “Olli,” will be used on public roads locally in Washington DC, and late in 2016 in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. Local Motors, creator of the first 3D-printed cars ( earlier post ), introduced the first self-driving vehicle to integrate the advanced cognitive computing capabilities of IBM Watson.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Racing to counter Asia's dominance, General Motors is building factories in Ohio and Tennessee with a combined 70-gigawatt capacity, double that of Tesla's Nevada gigafactory. Contemporary Amperex Technology and LG Energy Solution's staggering growth rates from 2016 to 2020 are. Explosive Growth.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

trillion miles in the first nine months of 2016, an increase of 3.0% billion miles were driven in September 2016 alone—a 2.4% increase compared with August 2016. billion miles were driven in September 2016 alone—a 2.4% increase compared with August 2016. and Nevada at 5.3%. US driving topped 2.4

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Construction of the initial plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2015 with commercial operations beginning in early 2016. Site preparation and detailed engineering design work is currently underway, and the company expects to start construction before the end of the year. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 26, 2015

This transition for the 20,000-student School District will begin for the 2016 school year when the Clean Energy station is scheduled to be operational and is expected to achieve a cumulative reduction of more than 5,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the 10-year span.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Toyota unveiled its next-generation connected vehicle framework at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, accelerating its initiatives to provide its customers with greater convenience and increased data security. SmartDeviceLink.

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In 2016, Musk released ‘ Tesla Secret Master Plan Part 2 ‘. The automaker is currently building an expansion at its Gigafactory in Nevada to build the electric in high volume. As a sort of public business plan, Musk has been releasing ‘Tesla Secret Plan’ blog posts to describe the automaker’s product plans.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Menahem Anderman, independent battery expert, consultant and head of the Advanced Automotive Batteries conferences and publications, concludes that with the planned Gigafactory ( earlier post ), now targeted for Nevada, ( earlier post ), Tesla may succeed in accomplishing what the US Government failed to achieve—i.e.,

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MARCH 9, 2021

The company made its first quarterly profit in 2013 and revealed its Gigafactory in Nevada the following year. Tesla launched its Model 3 sedan in 2016, as part of its foray into the mass consumer market. Tesla owners were given free charging at these sites, which was easier than using a standard wall socket.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

And in Power Play , few excerpts would be as controversial as a supposed call between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2016. Elon Musk and Tim Cook together in a room during the Trump administration in 2016. A book written about Tesla’s most turbulent years is bound to have some controversial elements.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2022

US cell production capacity surpassed Japan in 2014 and South Korea in 2016. Most operational multi-gigawatt-hour cell manufacturing facilities in the world are owned by a Chinese, Japanese or Korean company (Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory was jointly developed with Panasonic).

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