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TTAC Rewind: NASCAR Comes to Chicago

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I remember reporting on the news that NASCAR was coming to Chicago. And the Taste of Chicago, and. The Chicago Sun-Times got the course right in its initial reporting, too. According to the& Chicago Sun-Times , the& race course & will be 2.2 Rain, rain go away, we want to see NASCAR race in Chicago today.

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

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Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL). Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) / Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH). Teams from the following universities have been selected to begin the competition this fall: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL) / Bethune-Cookman University (Daytona Beach, FL).

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UPS enters into RNG supply agreements with Kinetrex and TruStar; up to 80M gallon equivalents

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The RNG will be used to fuel UPS’s LNG-powered trucks in Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. The Kinetrex Energy contract will supply UPS with up to 52.5 million GEs of RNG over the life of the contract to be used in its tractor-trailer vehicles throughout the Midwest. Louis and Toledo.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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The winning consortium, led by UI Labs and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois includes the following members: 41 Companies: 3D Systems; ANSYS; Autodesk; Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics. UTRC; Wolf Robotics. Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation. Boeing; Caron Engineering Inc.; Caterpillar; CG Tech; Cincinnati Inc.;

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FTA awards almost $16.6M to coordinate fuel cell bus research

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Chicago Transit Authority Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration. Johnson City, NY; Chicago Transit Authority; Air Products Inc., Develop and conduct in-service testing for a next generation Buy America compliant fuel cell bus in Chicago’s RTA fleet. Partners: CALSTART, Pasadena, CA; El Dorado Inc., Lowell, MA; BAE Systems Inc.,

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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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Coca-Cola Enterprises uses tractors as its standard bulk delivery truck for large deliveries, and plans to deploy the Kenworth hybrid tractors to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, New Orleans, New York, Portland (Ore.), The Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks (rated at 33,000 lb.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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Chicago Hub Network( Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St. Louis, Kansas City, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville). South Central Corridor (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Little Rock). Gulf Coast Corridor (Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Atlanta).

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