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San Francisco orders 175 light rail cars from Siemens for $648M; option for 85 more

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San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Siemens a contract to deliver an initial 175 light rail cars for its Muni transit system at a value of US$648 million. Siemens, which beat CAF for the contract, will deliver a newly-developed light rail car based on its Model S200 for the San Francisco order.

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GM buying Softbank’s stake in Cruise for $2.1B, putting in additional $1.35B

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Last month Cruise became the first company to offer fully driverless rides to the public in a major US city—San Francisco. —GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra. Cruise Origin. The Cruise Origin is a shared, electric vehicle that has been purposefully designed from the ground up to operate without a human driver.

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Amazon buys 11 Boeing 767-300s for cargo network

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Kennedy International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Richmond International Airport, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Kahului Airport, Kona International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and Louis Armstrong International Airport.

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Global Clean Energy buys Bakersfield refinery for $40M, converting to produce renewable diesel

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Strategically located in Bakersfield within a large regional demand center, and only a short distance from the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the San Francisco Bay Area, fuels produced at the site will be available to be blended into the California transportation fuel mix.

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

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Among the many future potential routes for United are Newark to London in just three and a half hours, Newark to Frankfurt in four hours and San Francisco to Tokyo in just six hours. Capable of flying at speeds of Mach 1.7—twice Boom is working with Rolls-Royce on propulsion.

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

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With the addition of Xcelsior CHARGE buses to its fleet, LTD joins other West Coast cities leading the transition to zero-emission mobility with New Flyer, including Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Coachella Valley, Oakland, San Francisco, Orange County, and Victor Valley.

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Missed Charge Station Opportunity in San Francisco

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Seventeen Avcons eligible for replacement are located at San Francisco city-owned parking lots. It seems obvious to me that government ought not prematurely buy into a "business plan" when we mean to buy charging stations. The ubiquity of electricity offers many options if the playing field stays level.