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km-resolution MISR aerosol properties over Southern California for years 2001–2003, 2007–2009 and 2013–2015. Maps of 3-year averaged PM 2.5 sulfate, nitrate, OC and EC concentrations estimated using 4.4 LA=Los Angeles basin, CV=Central Valley, OC=Organic Carbon, EC=Elemental Carbon. Click to enlarge.

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2 Production ceased in 2008 and production of a new model started in 2011. *3 3 Kluger Hybrid (for the Japanese market) production ceased in 2007. *4 4 Crown Royal production ceased in 2003, Crown Sedan production ceased in 2008. Cumulative sales of all TMC hybrid models. *2 Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

In 2007, sales in Japan represented 21% of all Prius sales worldwide and in 2008, 26%. Conversely, North America accounted for 65% of worldwide Prius sales in 2007; 57% in 2008; 36% in 2009; and 26% for Jan-Sep 2010. The second generation was released in 2003 and the third generation in 2009. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

THE MISSES Maruti Baleno/Altura | 1999-2007 Maruti’s bold step into the premium sedan space back in 1999 was with the Baleno sedan. Maruti Grand Vitara | 2007-2015 Maruti Suzuki gave its premium aspirations another shot with the midsize Grand Vitara SUV (2007). A luxurious interior with three-row seating, a 2.7-litre,

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APRIL 9, 2015

NHTSA issued the advisory in conjunction with the agency’s closing of an investigation into brake-line failures in General Motors trucks and SUVs built in model years 1999 to 2003.

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JUNE 19, 2012

The government previously conducted drilling surveys off the coast of Niigata in fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2004, but it was unable to confirm reserves viable for commercialization. The Sea of Japan (called the East Sea by South Korea) is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Renault introduced the New Renault Mégane Hatch and New Renault Mégane Coupé at the Paris Motor Show in 2008, marking the beginning of the renewal of its C-segment lineup.). Launched in late 2003, the Mégane II four-door sold more than 140,000 units in Turkey in six years, making it the most popular car in its class.

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MAY 13, 2009

In 2006, Hydro-Quebec filed suit against Valence Technology and A123Systems for infringement of two patents behind rechargeable lithium iron phosphate-based batteries with a particular crystal structure: the 5,910,382 patent, issued on 8 June 1999, and the 6,514,640 patent, issued on 4 February 2003.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The well results confirm a significant resource extension for the Mad Dog Field complex, which includes the existing field, in production since 2005, and appraisal drilling of the Mad Dog South field in 2008 and 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Major BP developments in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico include: Pompano, 1994; Marlin, 2000; Horn Mountain, 2002; Na Kika, 2003; Holstein, 2004; Mad Dog, 2005, Atlantis, 2007, Thunder Horse 2008. BP has a leading acreage position in the emerging Lower Tertiary area of the Gulf of Mexico.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2009

By the end of the first nine months of 2008, the top-selling 50% of the new car market in Europe had CO 2 emissions averaging 130g/km, compared to 39% in 2007 and 24% back in 2003, according to a new report from JATO Consult , the new intelligence consultancy division of JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive data.

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MARCH 30, 2011

MY 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and < useful life mileage. MY 2010, 2011, 2012 and < useful life mileage. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing. Certification application. Intermediate age. MY <= current calendar year - 2 and < useful life. Exhaust and Evap testing + OBD scan tool test and attestation.

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Alternative Fuels Conversion EPA Fuel 210

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JULY 8, 2009

ICESat measurements of winter multi-year ice cover in the Arctic Ocean between 2004 and 2008, along with the corresponding downward trend in overall winter sea ice volume, and switch in dominant ice type from multi-year ice to first-year ice. By 2008, 68% of the total ice volume was first-year ice, with 32% multi-year.

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APRIL 8, 2009

Top: County-level corn production and ethanol facilities in 2007. Bottom: EWe and TCW of each state as of 2007. trillion liters between 2005 and 2008, whereas US bioethanol production has increased only 133% from 15 to 34 billion liters during the same period. Chiu et al.

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MARCH 11, 2009

The second-generation Prius launched in the fall of 2003 as a 2004 model year. For the third consecutive year, Lexus further expanded its hybrid lineup in July 2007 with the launch of the LS 600h L luxury hybrid sedan, the world’s first vehicle to feature a full-hybrid V8 powertrain.

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MARCH 25, 2008

The chart compares the November 2007 Concept Paper to the February 2008 45-day Notice, which results in a possible increase of 630 zero-emission vehicles. What is missing in this presentation is the ZEV Program requirements endorsed by CARB in 2003, the requirements as they stand now. But the explanation is disingenuous.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Chris Malins of the ICCT, one of the study co-authors, the EPA based its assumptions about the amount of peat swamp that would be destroyed by future palm oil expansion on old data, reflecting the development of the palm industry up to 2003. Everywhere we looked, the drainage of peat to plant palm oil is increasing.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were nearly 40% higher in 2008 than in 1990. Following a decade of relative stability, for example, the atmospheric concentration of methane (CH 4 ), a potent greenhouse gas, began to rise inexplicably in 2007. surface temperatures, 1980-2008.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 2009 239

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) authorized the Energy Commission to provide approximately $100 million annually over seven years to encourage new fuels and technologies. The Energy Commission’s first investment plan combined $176 million in funds from fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Although 2008 was the coolest year of the decade because of a strong La Niña that cooled the tropical Pacific Ocean, 2009 saw a return to a near-record global temperatures as the La Niña diminished, according to the new analysis by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. Credit: Dr. Makiko Sato, GISS. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 7, 2010

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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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Scientists from Berkeley Lab and the California Air Resources Board collected samples of fine airborne particles at two sites in the San Francisco Bay Area once a week from December 2007 to May 2008. The scientists also applied this analysis to archived air samples taken from urban sites in central California between 2003 and 2005.

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Asia Transportation Insight San Francisco 199

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MAY 29, 2013

The increase in the gap was especially pronounced after 2007–2008, when a number of European Union member states switched to a CO 2 -based vehicle taxation system and a mandatory EU CO 2 regulation for new cars was introduced. This correction factor was updated in 2008.

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MARCH 5, 2010

Starting in the fall of 2003, Shakhova, Semiletov and the rest of their team took the studies offshore. From 2003 through 2008, they took annual research cruises throughout the shelf and sampled seawater at various depths and the air 10 meters above the ocean. In April 2007, they conducted a winter expedition on the sea ice.

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Tundra Escape Store Climate 223

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Consumption of anhydrous ethanol has grown steadily since the 1990s, peaking in 2003. Brazil introduced its current generation of ethanol-powered cars in 2003, the same year in which anhydrous ethanol consumption peaked. SAE paper # 2007-01-2648. Brewster, S.C.,

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

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MARCH 23, 2009

Toshiba demonstrated the first DMFC for portable PCs in March 2003. In January 2007 at CES, Toshiba exhibited a notebook PC with a smaller, lighter, built-in prototype DMFC unit that realized an average output of 10 Watts or more. Toshiba has conducted R&D on both active and passive fuel cells since the early 1990s.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The committee which is responsible for reporting annual emission reductions in the UK, states that in the five years between 2003 to 2007 emissions reductions averaged 0.5 per cent per annum.

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The image and common impression of Electric vehicles were re-written by the introduction of the Tesla Roadster in the year of 2008. The Beginning (2003). They debuted the prototype for their Tesla Roadster in 2006, and it went into production in 2008. Tesla’s leadership team underwent significant changes in 2008.

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Tesla Motors Motor Motors Motoring 52

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

China tripled its number of researchers between 1995 and 2008, whereas South Korea doubled its number between 1995 and 2006. The 2008-09 recession took a toll on US R&D. By 2011, with a resurgence of business R&D, overall R&D funding had returned to 2008 levels, when adjusted for inflation.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. In January 2007, CalCars began a project to install Valence batteries in several cars that led to the creation of OEMtek (see above).

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APRIL 21, 2009

Hourcar by Hymotion, August 2006 (Twin Cities, MN), contact info@hourcar.org Southern California Edison by EnergyCS, August 2006 (Los Angeles County) Manitoba Hydro by EnergyCS, August 2006, then converted by Hymotion, November 2007 (Winnipeg, Manitoba), contact jeinnes@hydro.mb.ca 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp. Jim Tech Ltd.

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Prius Conversion Plug-in Plug 48

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Elektromotive and EDF Energy and have been working in partnership since 2007 to develop an electric vehicle recharging infrastructure; the Renault-Nissan Alliance is also collaborating with EDF on electric vehicle infrastructure. Earlier post.)

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Elektrobay Nissan Charging Monaco 150

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JUNE 14, 2013

Golf IV (1997 to 2003). Golf V (2003 to 2008). The stability of the laser-welded body brought a 35% gain in torsional rigidity when the Golf V made its debut in 2003. l/100 km fuel consumption)—based on the Golf V—was created in 2007. Golf VI (2008 to 2012). The first Golf BlueMotion (4.5

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). The decline is sharpest among Republicans (57% 2008, 43% today). In July 2008, when the plan to implement AB 32 was being discussed, a majority (57%) said the government should adopt it right away rather than wait (36%).

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