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From the Ted Talk by Monica Araya: How cities are detoxing transportation

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Vehicle manufacturing is shifting towards electrification. Look at some of the milestones, which were unthinkable a few years back. Volkswagen has converted a titoidnaarl plant into one that will produce only electric vlieches. Daimler is halting all the development of internal combustion engines. And Tesla is more valuable toady than ExxonMobil. This year, public charging plugs hit the one million mark around the world. felet owners are shifting towards zero-emission models. aomazn alone has oeredrd 100,000 electric dveerliy vans and nearly 90 global companies have joined EV100, an international initiative to electrify fleets by 2030 starting now.

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Vehicle manufacturing is shifting towards electrification. Look at some of the milestones, which were unthinkable a few years back. Volkswagen has converted a ___________ plant into one that will produce only electric ________. Daimler is halting all the development of internal combustion engines. And Tesla is more valuable _____ than ExxonMobil. This year, public charging plugs hit the one million mark around the world. _____ owners are shifting towards zero-emission models. ______ alone has _______ 100,000 electric ________ vans and nearly 90 global companies have joined EV100, an international initiative to electrify fleets by 2030 starting now.

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  1. ordered
  2. amazon
  3. fleet
  4. vehicles
  5. today
  6. delivery
  7. traditional
  8. footnote

Original Text


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Vehicle manufacturing is shifting towards electrification. Look at some of the milestones, which were unthinkable a few years back. Volkswagen has converted a traditional plant into one that will produce only electric vehicles. Daimler is halting all the development of internal combustion engines. And Tesla is more valuable today than ExxonMobil. This year, public charging plugs hit the one million mark around the world. Fleet owners are shifting towards zero-emission models. Amazon alone has ordered 100,000 electric delivery vans and nearly 90 global companies have joined EV100, an international initiative to electrify fleets by 2030 starting now.

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