Of course, Webvan had other challenges, in particular the need to build out huge, automated warehouses full of groceries and an equally huge fleet of delivery trucks.

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In Israel, charging networks make sense fleet cars constitute a huge portion of the cars.

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The original start scheduled for Sunday was postponed because of force nine winds and huge seas but Saturday's start for the 17-strong monohull fleet went ahead as planned.

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Geologists have found huge deposits in the U.K. and Poland, yet the entire international pressure-pumping fleet outside of Russia is just 2 million hp, Pursell says.

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