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United to buy 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom; option for 35 more; optimized for 100% SAF

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United Airlines announced a commercial agreement with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to purchase 15 of Boom’s Overture supersonic airliners, once Overture meets United’s safety, operating and sustainability requirements, with an option for an additional 35 aircraft.

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BYD unveils North America’s largest electric bus factory; capacity for up to 1,500 vehicles annually

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The growth of BYD Coach and Bus reflects a rapid transition to electric transportation and will allow BYD to build up to 1,500 battery-electric buses annually.

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3 AutoNation USA retail outlets obvious up to now this while

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The struggle persisted, to start with, till 2018, when AutoNation stated it might idleness the ones enlargement plans. Denver has two retail outlets, and there are shops in Kennesaw, Ga.; He nearest known as for as many as 20 imaginable retail outlets. Louis; Henderson, Nev.; Charlotte, N.C.; and Charleston, S.C.

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

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Volkswagen of America is in the process of rolling out its all-new long wheelbase 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan ( earlier post ). As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. Significance of the 2018 Tiguan. Height (in).

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The New Supersonic Boom

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government established a Supersonic Transport Advisory Committee, which began discussions with international partners about building a supersonic airliner. The best-funded of this group is Denver-based Boom Technology (which also goes by the trade name Boom Supersonic). In 1956, nine years after Yeager's history-making flight, the U.K.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model. Ford purchased Spin, a dockless scooter-sharing company in 2018 and has been working at growing it in U.S. In the U.S.

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

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Right now, the recycling industry is facing a financial crisis, thanks to falling prices for sorted recyclables as well as policy, enacted by China in 2018, which restricts the import of many materials destined for recycling and shuts out most recyclables originating in the United States. We have to do better than that.

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