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MGM Resorts introduces 100-megawatt solar array to power 13 hotels on Las Vegas Strip

Electrek

Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts International ($MGM) , who just launched a new 100-megawatt (MW) solar array capable of offering up to 90% of daytime power to the company’s 13 resorts scattered across the Las Vegas Strip. This includes hotels like Aria, MGM Grand, and The Mirage.

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Ford F-150 Lightning prevails in two high-intensity towing tests in cold and warm climates

Teslarati

Ford announced today that its new F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup truck recently completed two grueling, high-intensity towing tests in various climates to fully assess the vehicle’s performance and capabilities while hauling. Ford F-150 Lightning Range, efficiency revealed in Monroney sticker leak.

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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

Green Car Congress

EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ingram Barge Company. Awardees represent the top one to two percent of environmentally-responsible SmartWay carriers that conduct freight operations with lower emissions and less energy.

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North America’s largest lithium supply to be developed with DOE help

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Department of Energy has announced that it will loan $700 million to mining company Ioneer to develop lithium reserves found in Nevada. Now, a new source of lithium, found within the state of Nevada, will be developed by the mining company Ioneer, with help from a $700 million loan from the Department of Energy. As the U.S.

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INRIX launches new platform to connect road authorities with vehicle operators for highly automated vehicles

Green Car Congress

The initial set of pilot users includes cities and road authorities with a variety of sizes, climates and geographies: Austin, TX; Boston, MA; Cambridge, MA; Portland, ME; Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada which includes Las Vegas; Transport for West Midlands and Transport Scotland in the UK.

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Toyota continues prepare the market for fuel cell vehicle in 2015

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Toyota Motor continues to lay the foundation for the introduction of its production fuel cell hybrid vehicle in 2015; the company began work on fuel cell technology in 1992. The company is considering using the Toyota FCV Concept packaging. As such, the production FCV will not be launched just as the FCV Concept appears in Geneva.

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Israeli startup Imagry takes contrarian mapless way to self sufficient using

Baua Electric

Motional, the self sufficient generation three way partnership between Hyundai Motor Team and Aptiv this is operating with Lyft to forming ride-hailing services and products in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, stated high-definition mapping is likely one of the first steps it takes sooner than running in a town.