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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Excellence Awards have recognized 43 truck carriers and one barge carrier as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency. EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Wrightspeed partners with AxleTech on heavy-duty electric drive

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The custom axle-outfitted GTD unit is featured in the Mack Trucks booth at the WasteExpo conference in Nevada this week. Wrightspeed is rapidly expands its supply chain team, bringing on experts with experience at Tesla Motors, Ford, Cummins, and others to meet strong demand for new powertrain technology. Click to enlarge.

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Anderman report on Tesla’s battery prospects with the Gigafactory

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The supply chain cannot ignore a company that became the largest user of Li-Ion batteries in the world overnight and is planning a 20x expansion in 5 years.”. to establish a domestic Li-Ion battery industry. 5- to 10-GWh plants at a time.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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SpaceX Cargo Dragon joins Crew Dragon at the International Space Station

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At the time, in a number of press conferences and public statements centered around the launch of Crew-1 and CRS-21, SpaceX repeatedly hinted at just how prolific a year 2021 would be for Dragon and it’s hard to argue that the company was exaggerating. Two cargo spacecraft in just 15 days! But this time, docking is automated.

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

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Nevada: Las Vegas EVA 3. Conferring with Amtrak on "Spirit's" Auto Train Return from Sanford, Florida. To exchange technical information, we will need to sign a NDA with Plug In Supply I attach DPS's NDA here. And a return to Professor Andy Frank at UC- Davis 2. Arizona: Flagstaff EAA and Phoenix EAA.

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