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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Gasoline consumption per capita was calculated using the population estimates in the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States.

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama marks start of 4-cylinder engine production

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TMMAL was established in 2001 as TMC’s first outside-Japan V8 engine plant for. After starting production in 2003, it added V6 engines to its lineup in 2005, and, in January 2008, reached a cumulative engine production of one million units. trucks and SUVs.

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Toyota reveals all you need to know about fuel cell cars

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An SAE Research Report in 2001 stated that "several automakers have pledged the introduction of fuel cell vehicles, including buses, by 2003-2005." Much has been made of late of Toyota and other automakers claims they will commercialize hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2015.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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He worked in that position until 2001, when he became director of the Microwaves and Radar Institute. “I He founded the IEEE GRSS Germany Section in 2003 and served as the society’s 2010 president. Since 2005 he has been associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

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USGS Study Finds Ice Shelves Retreating on Antarctic Peninsula

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Melting of the West Antarctic part alone of the Antarctic ice sheet would cause a sea-level rise of approximately 6 meters (m), and the potential sea-level rise after melting of the entire Antarctic ice sheet is estimated to be 65 m (Lythe and others, 2001) to 73 m (Williams and Hall, 1993). —Ferrigno et al.

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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

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MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. MY 2009, 2010, 2011 and < useful life mileage. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing 2. Certification application. Intermediate age. current calendar year - 2 and < useful life. Exhaust and Evap testing + OBD attestation. Data submission 3.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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He weathered years of business turmoil—mergers begun and abandoned, MCI’s acquisition by WorldCom, and finally a declaration of bankruptcy in 2003 and sale to Verizon in 2005. Once the dust had settled, Cerf sent an email to his old friend Eric Schmidt, who had been hired as CEO of Google in 2001. “Hi Cerf recalls asking.

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