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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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Participating teams will apply advanced propulsion systems, electrification, SAE Level 2 automation, and vehicle connectivity to improve the energy efficiency of a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer—all while balancing factors such as emissions, safety, utility, and consumer acceptability. Mississippi State University. Georgia Tech.

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Arbor Renewable Gas evaluating West Baton Rouge for $800M renewable gasoline and green hydrogen plant

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Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass sourced from Louisiana and Mississippi timber operations. The project would create 32 new direct jobs with average annual salaries of $99,000, plus benefits.

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Wärtsilä to equip first US ocean-going LNG fueling barge

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The 4000 m 3 capacity ATB is being built at the VT Halter Marine (VTHM) shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi on behalf of Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport LLC (Q-LNG). Deliveries will continue throughout 2018 and 2019, and the vessel is scheduled to commence operations in 2020. The ATB comprises a barge and a tug.

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Safety Institute: auto manufacturers fail to meet NHTSA deadline for replacement airbags

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In May 2015, NHTSA announced that it was taking the unprecedented step of coordinating a four-year plan of “just-in-time” recalls to replace nearly 69 million defective Takata airbags by 2019.

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Toyota investing $1B in new TNGA plant in Mexico, realigning North American manufacturing; expansion in Guangzhou

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Once Corolla production begins in Mexico in 2019, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. By 2019, the Cambridge, Ontario plants will all be producing higher-value mid-sized vehicles, along with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. The new facility in Mexico and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc.

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MrBeast’s #TeamTrees campaign planted over 24 million trees

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#TeamTrees planted over 24 million trees within three years of its campaign launched on October 25, 2019. In my region, #TeamTrees planted 1 million trees along the Mississippi Delta, which was once a 24-million-acre forested wetland. TeamTrees noted that only 4.4 million forested acres remain in small patches.

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Future Cars: Concept EVs for 2023 and Beyond

Clean Fleet Report

This is a truly American vehicle as it is designed, engineered and will be built in the United States at a factory in Tunica, Mississippi. The first car, the plug-in hybrid sport coupe Polestar 1, was released in 2019; the Polestar 2 compact SUV with a 270-mile electric range came to market in early 2021. Polestar Precept.

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