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Shell/AirFlow Starship hyper-fuel efficient Class 8 truck to make cross-country run

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and ending in Jacksonville, Fla. 5,000 watt solar array on trailer roof that charges and stores. This next-generation concept truck features a custom, aerodynamic design and aims to demonstrate improvements in fuel economy for Class 8 trucks. A downspeed axle configuration using advanced engine.

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DOE to provide ~$1B in cost-shared funding to FutureGen; oxy-combustion of coal with carbon capture and storage

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The captured CO 2 will be compressed and transported via a new underground pipeline, approximately 30 miles long and nominally 10 to 12 inches in diameter, to a geologic storage area in eastern Morgan County, where it would be injected and stored in the Mt. Simon Formation (a saline aquifer) approximately 4,000 feet below the ground surface.

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VinFast’s unutilized gross sales means has U.S. automotive sellers wary however

Baua Electric

“Opening our own stores is great but it takes a lot of time,” CEO Le Thi Thu Thuy instructed Reuters on Tuesday. Augustine, south of Jacksonville, Fla. As VinFast ramps up efforts, it faces tricky exams. “Joining forces with other partners to go faster has always been our nature.”

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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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GVW) will be deployed to Albuquerque, Boston, Cincinnati, Columbus (Ohio), Jacksonville (Fla.), Electricity generated through regenerative braking is stored and used for acceleration, assisting the diesel engine. San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, DC.

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