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

Green Car Congress

Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978.

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Toyota to begin demonstration tests of Mirai fuel cell vehicle in China

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation will send two Mirai fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to China in October 2017 to conduct demonstration tests in the country. Started in 2003, the project has initiated FC bus services in China, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, and India.

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BMW problems ‘don’t pressure’ form for 90,000 getting older automobiles over faulty Takata airbags

Baua Electric

BMW, in a commentary , stated type levels with driving force’s airbags from Takata are affected: the 2000-2006 BMW 3 Sequence (E46) together with M3, the 2000-2003 5 Sequence (E39) together with M5, and the 2000-2004 X5s (E53). No less than 25 deaths and greater than 400 accidents within the U.S. website online.

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Aerion and Lockheed Martin partner to develop first supersonic business jet

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In May 2017, GE Aviation announced an agreement with Aerion to define a supersonic engine for the AS2. Aerion Corporation was formed in 2003 to introduce a new era of practical and efficient supersonic flight.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

The car business being a small, inbred industry would result in me bumping into Perry& several more times, once while he was selling Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Texas in 2003. Like a lot of Masters corporate attendees, he was housed in a luxury private home, which he and his guest proceeded to trash after a night of drinking.

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Lockheed Martin’s CTO Steven Walker on Future Defense Technologies

Cars That Think

One project he approved in 2003 was the US $500 million joint program between DARPA and the Air Force to develop the Falcon. In 2017 he was appointed DARPA director. The two organizations signed a corporate membership and sponsorship agreement in 2018 to collaborate on several areas of mutual interest.

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News: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

The first Honda hydrogen vehicle–the FCX EV Plus 1997-99 Insight Hatchback Hybrid 1999-2006 Civic Hybrid 2003-* (offered intermittently in various generations of Civics starting with the 7 th generation in 2003; note: An all-new Civic Hybrid will be released in 2025.)

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