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Junkyard Find: 2005 Pontiac Sunfire

The Truth About Cars

Here's one of those last-year cars , found in a car graveyard in Charlotte, South Carolina. Then the "J" got dropped and it became the 2000 for just the 1983 model year. Pontiac-badged J-Bodies were powered by various straight-fours ( the GM 122 , Family II and Quad 4 ) and 60° V6s at first. liter Ecotec.

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Study: tightening vehicle emissions standards resulted in higher rates of automaker non-compliance; unintended effects of threshold-based regulations

Green Car Congress

Social pressure can be a powerful influencer—but has not been in this particular arena. The main issue here is that the EU is using a straightforward cutoff standard. Moreover, other potential factors do not dissuade automakers from skirting the emissions requirements.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. From 2000 – 2006, one to three commercial technologies entered the market per year. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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