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FedEx Freight adds 100 Class 8 CNG tractors, CNG fueling station in Oklahoma City

Green Car Congress

Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier FedEx Freight has purchased more than 100 Class 8 CNG tractors from Paccar units Kenworth and Peterbilt, and has installed a CNG fueling station to serve the new CNG fleet at its Oklahoma City Service Center.

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Canoo’s (GOEV) rugged American Bulldog electric pickup spotted out testing

Baua Electric

After delivering the first EV built at its new Oklahoma City plant late last year, Canoo revealed its latest model. According to Canoo, the electric truck “performs like a battleship” with its rugged design. EV startup Canoo (GOEV) is making progress. When we say ‘Made in America,’ we mean it.”

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Canoo (GOEV) stock surges after OKC EV facility gets key approval

Baua Electric

Shares of American EV startup Canoo (GOEV) are surging after its Oklahoma City facility received approval as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). By securing an FTZ designation, Canoo eliminates all customs duties on vehicles sold overseas and defers of customs duties on imported parts for EVs sold in the US.

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The New Supersonic Boom

Cars That Think

They're preparing prototypes for flight and they've got designs for full-blown airliners capable of carrying scores of passengers. Shortly afterward, the federal government issued a contract to Boeing, which had prevailed over Lockheed and others in a design competition, to develop such a plane. supersonic airliner.

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DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel Direct Fuel Cell system

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The next largest award, for $4 million, goes to Dresser-Rand Company to design, build, and test a pilot-scale, supersonic CO 2 compressor applicable to new and existing coal-based electric generating plants. FuelCell Energy CEPACS. FuelCell Energy Inc. Click to enlarge. Supersonic CO 2 compression.

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"Spirit of DC" - Back on Blue Hwy known as Pacific Coast Hwy 1 with Re-invigorated with B&B Battery Pac. Thanks to PluginSupply's Robb Protheroe

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Back on the Capital Mall in time for the Earth Day Weekend with the EPA 5th National Sustainable Design Expo, EVADC as the lead sponsor of PHEV All Around America will proclaim the "Spirit" as truly the first All American PHEV for having been to all 48 State Capitals.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Louis, San Antonio/Austin, and Oklahoma City as well as a refueling corridor along I-10 in Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles). The initiative will also support the purchase of dedicated propane school buses and vehicles and, provide an innovative outreach program designed specifically to retrain and certify U.S.