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

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The use of RNG is a very important part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025. 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 Louis and Toledo.

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Kimbal Musk exercises options to buy 25k of Tesla stock at $74.17 per share

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On Wednesday, Tesla board member Kimbal Musk purchased 25,000 TSLA shares. Musk’s recent purchase of TSLA stock was listed in a Form-4 filing. million on his purchase. Musk had exercised a call option to buy TSLA shares at a discounted price of $74.17 Considering the shares’ discounted price, Kimbal Musk spent just about $1.85

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS also purchased 50 additional LNG vehicles that were deployed in Indianapolis, Ind.; Chicago, Ill.; It is then distributed through the natural gas pipeline system, making it available for use as liquefied natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG). Earth City, Mo.; and Nashville, Tenn.,

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Embracing a century of EV history

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Partly in order to change this situation, Steiner purchased Waverley Electrics , a firm founded in 1896 by Albert Augustus Pope that manufactured the electric Waverley vehicle in Indianapolis from 1898 until 1916. “I I’d been driving my Honda Insight to Chicago every couple of months for chapter meetings,” Steiner said.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Partly in order to change this situation, Steiner purchased Waverley Electrics , a firm founded in 1896 by Albert Augustus Pope that manufactured the electric Waverley vehicle in Indianapolis from 1898 until 1916. “I I’d been driving my Honda Insight to Chicago every couple of months for chapter meetings,” Steiner said.

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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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City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. Total DOE award: $14,999,905.

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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Chicago Radio Laboratory established; later adopts as its trade name Z-Nth, the identification of an amateur radio station. manufacturers exhibit new models at the 1947 Chicago Furniture Mart. Zenith enters the TV receiver business, buying Rauland of Chicago, a picture tube manufacturer. In 1995, LG purchased a majority share.