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Firestone Race Tires made with guayule rubber make INDYCAR debut; commercial use of guayule rubber in tires by 2030

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Bridgestone made the competition debut of these Firestone Firehawk alternate race tires made with guayule at the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville 5-7 Aug. The shrub can be farmed with existing row-crop equipment, helping to save costs for farmers. Earlier post.).

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Bridgestone to debut race tire made with natural rubber from guayule

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Firestone Firehawk alternate race tires made from guayule rubber will make their competition debut at the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville on 6-7 August. Bridgestone aims to commercialize use of sustainable guayule natural rubber in tires by 2030, creating a promising new domestic industry.

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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EVs require less maintenance and therefore have lower maintenance costs. For drivers wondering about the benefits of switching to an EV, the National Drive Electric Week website lists the following benefits : EVs give you instant torque, allowing you to quickly speed up and merge onto the freeway. They are less costly to drive at $1.24

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

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New UPS-built fueling stations in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., LNG is a good alternative to petroleum-based fuel for long-haul delivery fleets as it is abundant and produces reduced emissions at less cost. Beyond favorable fuel cost and domestic resource access, the industry cites 25% less CO 2 emissions.

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. The Rivian EDV is also set to transition to an LFP battery pack as it fits commercial applications well and can be built at a cheaper cost. Louis, among other cities,” the e-commerce giant said.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion. This project will be the first commercial deployment of articulated fuel cell buses in the US. Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit.

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

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IBM's large commercial customers faced the implications of this emerging technology: Who would maintain the equipment and its software? It could run various software packages and a nice collection of commercial and consumer tools, including the accessible BASIC programming language. Tom Munnecke/Getty Images.

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