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UPS collaborating with Workhorse to deploy 50 electric trucks; rivaling acquisition cost of conventional; no subsidies

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—Carlton Rose, President, Global Fleet Maintenance and Engineering for UPS. UPS will test the vehicles primarily on urban routes across the country, including Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles. We are uniquely positioned to work with our partners, communities and customers to transform freight transportation.

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CleanFUEL USA and Ferrellgas Working Together on Propane Refueling Network in US

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CleanFUEL USA, a leader in alternative fuel dispensing equipment and engine technology, is working with one of the largest distributors of propane, Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., to increase the availability of propane engine fuel at retail refueling stations across the US. Tony Dale, Ferrellgas national director of engine fuels/Autogas.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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engineers were forming hobby clubs to learn about the new machines. A friend of Lowe's, Jack Sams, was a software engineer who vaguely knew Bill Gates, and he reached out to the 24-year-old Gates to see if he had an operating system that might work for the new PC. At IBM plants in San Diego, Endicott, N.Y, and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,

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