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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

Green Car Congress

to purchase 170 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) through 2026. This is the largest commitment for use of RNG to date by any company in the United States, with a range of 22.5 - 25 million gallon equivalents per year. Omaha, Neb.; UPS announced an agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Atlanta, Ga.;

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BYD posts tribute to commemorate Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger

Teslarati

Munger was born in Omaha, Nebraska on January 1, 1924. In a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo, BYD noted that the company lost a “mentor and dear friend” with Munger’s passing. Back in 2008, Berkshire Hathaway Energy spent $230 million to purchase 225 million shares of BYD.

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

My wife Mary, our son, and I carefully investigated the EV and company and eventually put down our money on a Signature One Hundred Roadster ,” he explained, adding that the car arrived in November, 2008. as the sixtieth vehicle that Tesla delivered to customers. I’d say between half and three-quarters of the students took the opportunity.”

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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

Cars That Think

The course will start in Omaha and end four days later in Manteo, N.C., After Facebook (now Meta) announced it was hell-bent on making the metaverse real, a host of other tech companies followed suit. Cryogenic energy-storage company Highview Power. Both fixed-wing craft and helicopters are eligible. Seoul Joins the Metaverse.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Michael purchased a new white Tesla Roadster with the intention of making a cross-country trip that would be powered only by homegrown American electrons. Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska.