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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Bridgestone to debut race tire made with natural rubber from guayule

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Firestone Firehawk alternate race tires made from guayule rubber will make their competition debut at the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville on 6-7 August. Guayule is part of the Bridgestone plan to achieve carbon neutrality and make tires from 100% renewable materials by 2050.

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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They’re better for the environment, even when accounting for their manufacturing carbon emissions and when using electricity from coal plants. EVs require less maintenance and therefore have lower maintenance costs. They’re safer. EVs are ten times less likely to catch fire than conventional gas cars. appeared first on Blink Charging.

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Amazon leans on Rivian to deliver packages in 100 U.S. cities for the Holidays

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’ After launching a pilot program this past Summer in a dozen cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, Rivian and Amazon have expanded their fleet of EDVs to over 1,000 units present in more than 100 cities across the United States.

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Shell begins market test of Nitrogen Enriched Diesel; lowered fuel consumption

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Shell Nitrogen Enriched Diesel is an ultra low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSD) with an exclusive advanced cleaning system that helps protect diesel engines against performance-robbing gunk (carbon deposits) build-up on fuel injectors with continual use. Heavy-duty truck fleet trials of Shell Nitrogen Enriched Diesel demonstrated a 4.8%

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

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Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. By replacing aging fleet vehicles with Proterra electric buses, the City of Fairfield will improve both route efficiency and air quality. Alabama A&M University.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Primary lithium chemistries include: manganese spinel cathode and lithium titanate anode for high power applications, as well as manganese spinel cathode and amorphous carbon for high energy applications. Production of advanced lead-acid batteries, using lead-carbon electrodes for micro and mild hybrid applications. Brownstown, MI.

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