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ExxonMobil adds 2.7B barrels oil equivalent to reserves; replaces 183% of 2017 production

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billion oil-equivalent barrels of proved oil and gas reserves in 2017, replacing 183% of production. billion oil-equivalent barrels at year-end 2017. During 2017, proved additions at Upper Zakum in Abu Dhabi totaled more than 800 million barrels of crude oil. Exxon Mobil Corporation added 2.7 Resource Base. ExxonMobil added 9.8

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More of us work from home, but for those who do not, commuting time has increased

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The analysis uses the estimates for 2012 and 2017. The table below shows the percentages of workers who worked at home, both for the entire country and for the 15 largest cities, with the cities listed in decreasing order of this percentage in 2017. in 2017), and for each examined city except for San Jose (which showed a decrease).

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SwRI-led team achieves 20% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency with connectivity, automation; ARPA-E NEXTCAR

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A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. Calibrated using real-world data from Fort Worth, Texas, the simulator proved critical for evaluating control algorithms and accurately quantifying energy consumption.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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The Vietnamese car company has only been around since 2017. James, New York), Principle VinFast Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas), Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), and VinFast Wichita (Wichita, Kansas).

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UPS to invest $130M in > 700 natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; > $1B invested in alt fuels since 2008

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This $130-million dollar investment in CNG capacity for 2018 builds on previous UPS investments of $100 million dollars in 2016 and $90 million dollars in 2017. We demonstrated the effectiveness of natural gas vehicles and fuel in 2017 by using 77 million total gallon equivalents in our ground fleet. Plainfield, Ind.; Edgerton, Kan.;

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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

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Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Area — UTA campus, Arlington streets, I-30 corridor and Managed Lanes. The USDOT anticipates that the selection of the initial AV Proving Grounds will be completed during the first quarter of 2017. Houston Area — Texas Medical Center, Houston METRO HOV lanes, and Port of Houston.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk gives Rivian invaluable advice on manufacturing

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based automotive plant potentially landing in Fort Worth, Texas , Musk stated it might be more beneficial to ramp its first plant before committing to a second one, as unit costs can be difficult to keep affordable in the early manufacturing stages. After reports of Rivian’s second U.S.-based