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Automakers and suppliers part of DOE Better Climate Challenge

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Cleveland-Cliffs. Among the inaugural partners in the Better Climate Challenge are vehicle makers and suppliers, including: Company. Commitment. GHG reduction. Energy Intensity reduction. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems. Minimum 50%. BorgWarner. Minimum 50%. Ford Motor. 10% 30% in Water Intensity. General Motors. Harley Davidson.

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Ford Begins Manufacture of EcoBoost Engines at Cleveland Plant

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Ford Motor Company is resuming production at Cleveland Engine Plant No. EcoBoost engines, which combine direct injection technology and turbo-charging are a key part of Ford’s overall strategy to improve fuel efficiency and lower CO 2 emissions across its lineup. Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 to build the EcoBoost engine.

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Daimler Truck North America delivers first electric Freightliner eM2 box trucks – Charged EVs

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The company’s two eM2s, with 26-foot-long box bodies, will operate out of its Cleveland terminal as part of its less-than-truckload freight business. PITT OHIO , a transportation and supply chain management company based in Pittsburgh, is the first to deploy the medium-duty EVs. It is designed for pickup and delivery applications.

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US DOT awards $13.6M to 8 projects to advance fuel cell technology for transit industry

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million) and the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), two non-profit organizations that are responsible for developing and managing projects as part of the National Fuel Cell Bus Program. CALSTART Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority; ElDorado National; BAE Systems; Ballard Power Systems. Consortia lead.

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IHS Markit sees supply crunch coming for electrical steel; potential disruptor of OEM electrification plans

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Cleveland-Cliffs is the only US producer of NOES via its 2020 acquisition of AK Steel; Cliff’s NOES and GOES manufacturing share common production equipment. Cleveland-Cliffs is focused more on GOES production to address the increasing regional demand for electrical transformers, thus reducing available xEV-grade NOES capacity.

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QOTD: Where Have You Encountered the Worst Traffic?

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Matt wrote earlier about 15-minute cities by featuring plans being made in Cleveland. As much as I love driving, this is part of why I pay way too much to live in the city of Chicago proper as opposed to the suburbs, even though I grew up in the 'burbs.

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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

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Midwest (Chicago and Cleveland). Prices in Chicago were higher than prices in Cleveland and the Midwest regional average in every week during 2018. Of the cities for which EIA collects data, Cleveland’s gasoline prices were the second lowest in the country for 25 weeks and the lowest for 2 weeks. gal to $2.91/gal gal to $3.01/gal

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