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Boeing in Talks to Buy Spirit AeroSystems, a Struggling Supplier

Baua Electric

5, when a panel on a 737 Max 9 blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight shortly after takeoff, exposing passengers to deafening wind at 16,000 feet. Door plugs are used to cover gaps in a plane’s body where an emergency exit would have been installed if the jet had the maximum number of seats. Boeing shares fell about 2 percent.

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News: 10 Best States To Own an EV

Clean Fleet Report

The cost of buying and running an EV varies depending on where you live. Based on Jerry’s research, an EV-friendly state like Vermont has 10 times the charging infrastructure of states on the bottom of the list like Louisiana, Kentucky and Alaska. Where the plugs are. Study Ranks Best and Worst Places To Drive Electric.

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2 Teslas, the Pan-American Highway, and an extreme adventure

Teslarati

I interviewed Martin for CleanTechnica earlier this summer just after he started his trip from Alaska. When we spoke, Martin was in Mexico and we talked about some of his adventures along the way from Alaska to Mexico. The tire shop had a welding machine, but we did not have the correct plug, so we had to improvise.”

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

Baua Electric

Less than two months later, an Alaska Airlines 737 Max plane with eight hours of total flight time was briefly grounded until mechanics resolved a problem with a fire detection system. That panel is known as a “door plug” and is used to cover the gap left by an unneeded emergency exit. Airlines may try to buy more from Airbus.

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How to Take Advantage of EV Charging Incentives for Fleets

Blink Charging

Government agencies at all levels provide incentives for buying EVs and/or installing electric vehicle infrastructure. California leads the way for state-specific alternative fuel laws and incentives with 183 at the time of this writing (149 when filtered specifically for EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities will receive funding to purchase battery electric buses, associated charging infrastructure and a back-up generator to maintain bus service in a disaster situation. Description. 500,000.

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Perspective: Ending Oils Monopolya Blueprint for Mobility Choice

Green Car Congress

Of course, other countries benefit from this fact, with about $900 million flowing out of the US to buy foreign oil every day, and about 40% of that going to OPEC. [ Oil is a strategic commodity second to none—it underlies the global economy and even the American way of life.

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