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Lucid Motors, Rivian sued by Illinois car dealers for direct sales

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Lucid Motors and Rivian were sued by the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, and some individual franchised auto dealerships in the state for selling vehicles directly to consumers. The Illinois Vehicle Code and the Illinois Motor Vehicle Franchise Act were cited in the lawsuit.

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Champaign-Urbana orders two New Flyer 60' hydrogen fuel-cell buses

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In July 2019, MTD was awarded a $1.45-million MTD is the public transportation provider in the Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy regions of Illinois, also serving the University of Illinois. Since 1993, New Flyer has delivered 175 buses to MTD; the MTD fleet is currently 85% hybrid.

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EIA: US large-scale battery storage power capacity increased 35% in 2020

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At the end of 2019, 163 large-scale battery storage systems were operating in the United States, a 28% increase from 2018. Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Hawaii each have more than 50 MW of power capacity. Small-scale batteries have a nameplate power capacity of 1 MW or less.

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Illinois Car Dealer Forced to Refund Employees' Retirement Accounts

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Apparently, Vargason and his store weren't remitting employees' voluntary retirement contributions to their accounts during 2019. Charles owner Fred Vargason was forced to pay more than $13,000 out of his personal accounts toward his employees' retirement funds.

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Ozinga Energy and Ingevity to field adsorbed natural gas bi-fuel pickup

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Ozinga Energy has purchased an ANG-equipped Ford F-150 and installed a dedicated, low-pressure fueling appliance at its headquarters in Mokena, Illinois. SoCalGas (of Sempra Energy) in California and Atlanta Gas Light in Georgia announced demonstration fleets in 2019. The Ford F-150 is fitted with the 5.0L

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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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They are the product of Amazon’s partnership with Rivian, which the companies announced in 2019 when Amazon co-founded, and became the first signatory of The Climate Pledge—a commitment to reach net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040.

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2020 Thanksgiving week gasoline consumption in US lowest since 1997

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Year-on-year comparisons are even more significant at the regional level, with some regions seeing declines of 20% or more from Thanksgiving Week 2019. New Jersey is the hardest hit state, with gasoline volumes plunging by nearly 30% from 2019. versus last year, led by Illinois which saw a year-on-year deficit of 26%.>.

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