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Union Pacific Railroad to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations

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The locomotives will be used in rail yards in California and Nebraska, where they will be tested for performance in cold and warm weather, helping identify the locomotives’ capabilities and challenges for broader deployment. Union Pacific anticipates the first units will arrive on site in late 2023 with complete delivery by late 2024.

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GHSA: absent traffic jams, many drivers getting more reckless

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Examples of the reckless driver behaviors reported recently: In Colorado, Indiana, Nebraska and Utah, police have clocked highway speeds of more than 100 mph. In Los Angeles, speeds are up by as much as 30% on some streets, prompting changes to traffic lights and pedestrian walk signals.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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City of Los Angeles, Department of Transportation. City of Lincoln, Nebraska. By replacing aging fleet vehicles with Proterra electric buses, the City of Fairfield will improve both route efficiency and air quality. The City of Asheville will receive funds to acquire 35-foot battery electric buses and chargers.

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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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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Nebraska – Lincoln). California Los Angeles, Ford Motor Company). The plant will incorporate features that. significantly improve photosynthesis and also allow the plant. to produce useful, high-energy fuel molecules directly within.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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He drew support from members of both groups in planning a detailed itinerary from New York City to Los Angeles and then north along the California coast to San Francisco in 17 days. Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska.