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Audi E-Tron tows GM EV1 500 miles: Reality check about EV range

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An E-tron towed a trailer containing a General Motors EV1—the first modern electric car—from Tulsa Tech in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to the Fully Charged Live electric-car event at Circuit of the. Audi recently showed off that capability with a very special payload.

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Study finds 2008 recession contributed to increase in age of US LDV fleet, slowing of emission reductions

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In the study, the authors used collected on-road emission measurements from sites in three western United States cities—Denver, Los Angeles and Tulsa—to highlight some of the changes in the on-road fleet’s age distribution and to estimate the implications on the fleet’s emissions. —Bishop and Stedman (2014).

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Report: Tesla homing in on Austin for Cybertruck Terafactory

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Both Austin and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are considered finalists for the massive "Terafactory", which will build the Cybertruck pickup truck and Model Y crossover. Tesla is leaning toward Austin, Texas, as the site for its second United States car factory, according to a Bloomberg report published Tuesday.

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Amazon’s Rivian van begins delivering packages in its third U.S. city

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The e-commerce giant announced earlier today that it began delivering packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma, joining Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, as the only U.S. Now, the Amazon-Rivian vans are in the middle of the United States in Tulsa, Oklahoma. cities to have packages delivered by the all-electric Rivian delivery vans.

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IC Bus adds purpose-built propane school bus offering; PSI 8.8-liter propane engine and Allison transmission

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bus assembly plant in Tulsa, Okla. The CE Series school bus powered by propane also integrates the Allison 2500 transmission with FuelSense to maximize fuel economy. IC Bus will manufacture CE Series school buses with propane out of its school. 8-11 November.

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Latest GOP Slap At Volt: Can't Hold A Gun Rack (Hint: Bad Idea, Boys)

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Yesterday, Newt Gingrich mocked the current Administration's promotion of fuel-efficient cars in a speech at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa. It's obvious because slaps at green cars and fuel-economy rules have become a staple of political campaigning among certain candidates.

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Magellan Midstream Partners expand E15 services

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Growth Energy reports that Magellan Midstream Partners, the Tulsa, Okla.-based based transportation, storage, and distribution company, is now offering blending services for E15—a fuel with 15 percent ethanol—throughout their midcontinent terminal system. Magellan owns the longest refined petroleum product pipeline system in the country.

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