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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

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per gallon (gal) in 2018, 30 cents/gal (13%) higher than in 2017 and 57 cents/gal higher than in 2016. gal at least once in 2018. The national price for gasoline declined for 12 weeks in a row at the end of 2018, which marked the longest consecutive weekly drop since the 17-week decline from October 2014 through January 2015.

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Nuvera breaks ground on automated fuel cell production facility in China

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In December 2018, Nuvera signed a cooperation agreement with the Fuyang government, located in Zhejiang province, to enable the local manufacture of Nuvera fuel cell stacks. and its subsidiaries, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, employ approximately 7,800 people worldwide. Nuvera is a subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.,

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QOTD: Where Have You Encountered the Worst Traffic?

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Matt wrote earlier about 15-minute cities by featuring plans being made in Cleveland. And I spent significant time in Baltimore from 2015-2018 -- driving in Maryland is an experience that I'd not wish on my enemies. Other drivers wouldn't let them in, and two lanes of traffic got clogged. Boston is bad, too.

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Cadillac embarks on first hands-free cross-country highway drive with Super Cruise

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Crossing through 16 states, plus the District of Columbia, in Super Cruise-equipped Cadillac CT6 vehicles, the drive program will make stops in major cities across the US including: Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; Dallas, Texas; Santa Fe, New Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona. Andrew Cuomo.

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Winnebago, Motiv unveil all-electric healthcare vehicles

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Winnebago is displaying the vehicle in San Francisco, at both CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero Workshop on September 11 th and the Global Climate Action Summit 12-14 September 2018. Winnebago anticipates the ROI of eMLU vehicles compared to internal combustion engine versions to be as little as three years.

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NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D print, test rocket combustion chamber

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The company partnered with NASA experts in combustion and additive manufacturing (3D printing) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; Glenn Research Center in Cleveland; and Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Credits: NASA/Virgin Orbit.

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Study provides more insight into air pollution mechanisms that cause cardiovascular diseases

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Thomas Münzel, Tommaso Gori, Sadeer Al-Kindi, John Deanfield, Jos Lelieveld, Andreas Daiber, Sanjay Rajagopalan (2018) “Effects of gaseous and solid constituents of air pollution on endothelial function,” European Heart Journal doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy481. —Thomas Münzel. —Professor Jos Lelieveld.

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