Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

A bill under consideration in the California state legislature would require California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) to include Class III (280 cc or greater) model-year 2000 and newer motorcycles in the state’s smog check program beginning 1 January 2012. Background. The original HC standards ranged from 5.0

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

Motorcycles in California could soon be included under the state’s smog checking programme if a bill is passed. Currently there are around 575,000 motorcycles registered in California with the model year of 2000 or higher. There are fears however, that it might be affected by tampering.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 1997, Orbital and Siemens (later Continental) formed the the Synerject LLC joint venture to provide OEMs in the marine, motorcycle and recreation industries with gasoline Engine Management Systems (EMS) and fuel system components. This became the subject of the 387 (“Deposit Control In Fuel Injector Nozzles”) patent, filed in 2000.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The 3008 HYbrid4 concept previews the production model that will appear in spring 2011. The 3008 HYbrid4 ( earlier post ) previews the production model scheduled to appear in the spring of 2011, while the experimental RCZ HYbrid4 is a sports car application of the same hybrid system. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Volkswagen raised the fuel injection pressure on the base engine from 1600 to 2000 bar. Volkswagen worked with Bosch to modify the injector for the system, which now contains a mini-rail—a small chamber with pressurized diesel so there will always be 2000 bar available. The result is more agile, responsive and precise handling.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Deliveries start in 2011. Posted by: nate | Apr 14, 2009 7:50:38 AM Ummmmm yeah. Teslas new Model S will be pure EV and will get 160 miles per charge for $49,900 and for a bit more $$ you can get the 230 or 300 mile battery options. Oh, and it looks wayyyyy cooler than the Volt. You guys go ahead and buy your 40 mile per charge GM golf cart.

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