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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. Today, the company operates the research center in Mesa, as well as a 281-acre guayule farm in Eloy, Arizona.

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San Francisco selects BAE Systems Series-ER for 68 transit buses for Green Bus Zones

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This technology helps San Francisco get one step closer to full zero emissions operations, improving the health of the city’s environment and its residents. But the path to zero for each city is unique, so the company is getting creative. For cities like San Francisco, that means using BAE Systems technology to create green zones.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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In Atlanta, Nissan workplace outreach has resulted in more than 100 LEAF sales to Southern Company employees. Energy companies have been a major proponent in developing the West Coast Electric Highway that has helped to educate consumers and raise awareness for EVs. Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use.

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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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; and Nashville, Tenn., The company has driven more than one billion miles since 2000 with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. Through its Rolling Laboratory, UPS uses a research-based approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions for the location, route and driving environments.

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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. Fighting the effects of climate change requires constant innovation and action, and Amazon is partnering with companies who share our passion for inventing new ways to minimize our impact on the environment.

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Amazon leans on Rivian to deliver packages in 100 U.S. cities for the Holidays

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.’ After launching a pilot program this past Summer in a dozen cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. The company has a goal to be net-zero carbon by 2040, ten years after it plans to have 100,000 Rivian EDVs bearing its name on the side.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Three years later, the company was acquired by Compaq and his project was terminated. The company housed its servers at leased space in third-party data centers, which were basically cages in which a few racks of computing equipment were placed. At the defense electronics company, located in Greenlawn, N.Y., air defense system.

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