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GM and MP Materials enter long-term supply agreement to scale rare earth magnet sourcing and production in US

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This strategic collaboration seeks to accelerate the restoration of the US rare earth supply chain at commercial scale with high resiliency and environmental sustainability. MP Materials owns and operates the Mountain Pass rare earth mine and processing facility in California, the only active and scaled rare earth production site in America.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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James, New York), Principle VinFast Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas), Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), and VinFast Wichita (Wichita, Kansas). VinFast's local branch presently operates out of California with just over a dozen dealerships and service centers on hand. But it’s plotting to expand its U.S.

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Edeniq and Flint Hills Resources Renewables establish joint development relationship for ethanol

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Flint Hills will also conduct commercial testing and scale-up of Edeniq’s Pathway platform. Edeniq owns and operates a demonstration-scale production facility in Visalia, California to convert cellulosic feedstock into low-cost cellulosic sugars and cellulosic ethanol.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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Ground stations in California and Alaska received the data and then sent the tapes to the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland for processing. Two days after the launch, Goddard received its first MSS image, showing the Dallas–Fort Worth area. (In ERTS had a spatial resolution of 80 meters.

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BrightDrop Zevo electric vans rolling out in Ryder fleets

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is an American transportation and logistics company best known for its fleet of commercial rental trucks. Electrifying commercial fleets can reduce operating emissions without sacrificing range, safety, or performance,” said Steve Hornyak, chief commercial officer for BrightDrop. “By Ryder System, Inc.

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation

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MP Materials is in the enviable position of having a mine and processing facility already up and running in California, and it has big ambitions. What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. The project will deploy refueling stations and alternative fuel vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The project will add 55 E85 fueling stations throughout California.