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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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We’re at a fascinating time in the transportation industry. We’re at an inflection point and we have an opportunity, as an industry and a sector, to leverage that transformation for the benefit of society. Chair: Robert Chapman, Vice President, Energy and Environment, Electric Power Research Institute. Non-road (e.g.,

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NASA, Uber to explore safety, efficiency of future urban airspace

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Artist’s conception of an on-demand air-mobility future in which different aircraft—vertical takeoff, traditional takeoff, crewed, uncrewed—safely perform a variety of daily missions in rural to urban environments. Credits: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory.

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Why Wall Street is throwing billions at the Permian

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On August 25, Blackstone Group announced its decision to inject $1 billion into Permian assets in a partnership with a Fort Worth-based affiliate of Jetta Operating Co. Discussing his company’s plans for the region, Concho’s CEO Tim Leach said that the Permian has some of “the hottest zip codes in the industry.”