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USDA providing $700M to provide economic relief to more than 100 biofuel producers and 195 facilities

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USDA is making payments to 195 biofuel production facilities to support the maintenance and viability of a significant market for agricultural producers of products such as corn, soybean or biomass that supply biofuel production. In Texas, White Energy Holding Company is receiving a $21 million payment for production at two facilities.

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Ideanomics to acquire wireless charging provider WAVE

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Founded in 2011, and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, WAVE is a provider of inductive (wireless) charging solutions for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles (EVs). Ideanomics is a global company focused on the convergence of financial services and industries experiencing technological disruption.

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Rolls-Royce and ASI Mining plan to optimize MTU engines for autonomous operations

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The companies plan to leverage their extensive experiences to offer customers engine solutions that are compatible with ASI’s vehicle automation software to help optimize vehicle power performance and efficiency, thus enabling more environmentally friendly and safer mining operations. Autonomous Solutions, Inc. Occlusion mapping.

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Ryder 1st commercial fleet provider to surpass 100M natural gas vehicle miles

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This latest milestone reinforces Ryder’s ongoing commitment to assist companies, across multiple industries reduce fuel costs, lower carbon output, and meet their environmental objectives. Michigan-based beverage container recycling company UBCR has operated its Ryder NGV fleet for more than 7 million miles since 2011.

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Shell Oil replacing Ryder diesel trucks with with Ryder LNG trucks for operations in Louisiana and Texas

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Shell Oil Company has signed an agreement with Ryder System for 15 liquefied natural gas (LNG) heavy-duty vehicles supporting oil and gas logistics operations in Lafayette, La. The Company operates Liquefied to Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) fuel stations at its Fontana and Orange, Calif., and Houston, Texas. service locations.

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

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and Beaver and Salt Lake City, Utah, and has its own LNG fueling station on its property in Ontario, Calif. UPS was a founding Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor (ICTC) fleet partner, a group that established publicly accessible LNG fueling stations in California, Las Vegas, and Utah. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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UPS to invest $130M in > 700 natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; > $1B invested in alt fuels since 2008

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Carlton Rose, president, global fleet maintenance and engineering for UPS. The company is the largest consumer of RNG in the transportation sector. .; and Salt Lake City, Utah. The company has also set a goal of replacing 40% of all ground fuel with sources other than conventional gasoline and diesel.

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