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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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SAE Level 2 automation refers to a vehicle that combines automated functions, like acceleration and steering, but the driver must remain engaged with the driving task and monitor the environment at all times. Mississippi State University. The participating universities include: Colorado State University. Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech.

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Tesla Tequila limited edition bottle, glass set sold out lightning fast

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The Tesla Tequila limited edition set references the inside joke at least twice. Ever since Musk’s tweet, 420 has become an inside joke among people in the Tesla community — although many people might know of it by now. Incidentally, Tesla Tequila started out as an April Fool’s joke. . First, there’s the price.

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Virginia Clean Cities reaches 1,000 vehicle conversions to propane

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Veolia Transportation is switching 300 taxis nationwide to autogas, while Southeast fleets include the City of Sandy Springs, and the Carroll, Jackson and Muscogee County Sheriff’s Offices in Georgia; Community Counseling Services and Pearl River County in Mississippi; Buncombe County, N.C.;

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Oklahoma and Colorado governors pitch CNG vehicle initiative to US auto manufacturers

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The letter referred to a multi-state Request for Information (RFI), asking manufacturers to provide background and information in anticipation of a multi-state solicitation later this summer. The move is both a cost-saving measure for states and a means to incentivize the manufacture of affordable and functional CNG vehicles.

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MSU-led regional team awarded $6M NSF grant to research biofuel, carbon capture technologies

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The Upper Missouri River Basin refers to the Missouri River and all its tributaries upstream of Sioux City, Iowa. The Upper Missouri River Basin also contains the Colstrip power plant in eastern Montana—the second largest coal-fired generating facility west of the Mississippi—and the Bakken shale formation.

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Novel microbial biosensor platforms for early detection and treatment of oil leakage and produced waters

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Researchers at Mississippi State University are developing technology that would alert pipeline managers about leaks as soon as failure begins, avoiding the environmental disasters and fuel distribution disruptions resulting from pipeline leaks.

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Cellulosic drop-in biofuels company KiOR says that to continue on, it needs capital

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In April 2012, it mechanically completed its Columbus, Mississippi facility. KiORs cellulosic gasoline and diesel are drop-in hydrocarbon fuels; its biomass-to-cellulosic fuel technology platform combines a proprietary catalyst systems with catalytic cracking processes that are used in crude oil refineries to produce gasoline.

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