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New fleet customers for XL Hybrid’s plug-in hybrid upfit for Ford F-150 pickups

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XLP will provide a 50% improvement in miles driven per gallon for major fleets across the United States, as well as significant reductions in CO 2 emissions. Southern California Edison (SCE); and Tampa Electric (TECO). Three of the latest companies that intend to add XLP F-150s to their fleet include the City of Long Beach, Calif.;

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Audi receives first autonomous driving permit issued by the State of California

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Audi has conducted research over tens of thousands of miles in Europe and various US states, where such testing is permitted. mile route of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race in Colorado in 27 minutes without a human in the car. California has allowed limited use of its roads for automated vehicle testing in past years.

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Report: JR Tokai and 11 partners to team on bid for high-speed rail system in Florida

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JR Tokai aims to win an order for a 130 km [81 miles] line connecting the cities of Tampa and Orlando. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.;, Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.; The Nikkei reports that Central Japan Railway Co.(JR JR Tokai) plans to team up with 11 partners to bid for a high-speed rail system in Florida.

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry EVs

Charged EVs

Almost every industry has gone with this convenience on-demand approach. We looked at the way that other industries have gone. Almost every industry has gone with this convenience on-demand approach. I want an extra 100 miles, 50 miles.” If you’re a hundred miles away from where they’re located, they may be a fee.

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Univ. of South Florida Researchers Link Subsurface Clouds of Degraded Oil to BP Well

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Biodegraded oil was found suspended at depths of 400 meters (one-quarter mile) and 1,000-to 1,400-meters (two-thirds to three-quarters of a mile) beneath the Gulf’s surface in the form of microscopic droplets. This is a technique that is widely used in the petroleum industry. David Hollander.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

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Excluding hurricanes, of course, Florida doesn’t have sufficient wind power, either onshore or offshore, that, say, states in the US Northeast or Texas have to sustain a wind power industry. However, the Florida state legislature wants to ensure that its nonexistent offshore wind power industry stays nonexistent.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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exceeding the magnetic properties of industrially important. industries, without the need for these costly and scarce. Florida, Tampa). industrially scalable high temperature phase change materials. Routing Over 660,000 miles of transmission line exist within the. rare earth magnets. The overarching goal of.

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