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Replacing 2003 VW Jetta TDI: What Non-Gasoline Car Should He Pick?

Green Car Reports

Richard Kelly--the president of Plug-In America--has now put almost 200,000 miles on his 2003 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. In a blog post, Kelly laid out his.' Everyone needs car-buying advice once in awhile--even the leader of an electric-car advocacy group.

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Italian Government Upset Alfa Romeo ‘Milano’ Will Be Built in Poland

The Truth About Cars

This is forbidden by Italian law," Italian Minister for Business and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso explained to the media on Thursday, citing legislation from 2003& that targets "Italian sounding" products that falsely claim to be Italian. "A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland. So a car called Milano must be produced in Italy.

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Toyota Assembly Plant in Texas Turns Twenty

The Truth About Cars

Since breaking ground in 2003, Toyota Texas has assembled upwards of 3 million trucks and SUVs since production started in 2006. Other challengers have come and gone but the Tundra and Sequoia have managed to stick around and be relatively successful. The company claims this place represents $4.2

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90,000 Owners Told Not to Drive Their Older BMWs Due to Takata Airbag Risks

The Truth About Cars

The recall affects several models, including the 200-2006 3 Series, the 200-2003 5 Series, and a handful of SUVs. B MW recently issued a “do not drive” warning to owners of its older vehicles over concerns about their airbags, adding to the list of automakers still recalling vehicles.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

Cars That Think

In 2003 he was promoted to director of long-term research at the lab, focusing on technology’s evolution and its potential impact. Saracco also published a daily blog on the IEEE Future Directions website, where he mused on the latest technological developments and their impact on humanity.

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Building Better Qubits

Cars That Think

in 2003 she worked at the lab as a research staff member. We had one year to scale organic LEDs to make a 20-inch display in three different colors with pixel sizes of 100 micrometers by 300 micrometers,” Riel said in a 2021 interview for IBM’s Research blog. After earning her Ph.D.

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Toyota & Daimler Merging Hino & Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Brands

The Truth About Cars

Hino fell into trouble in March 2022 with the revelation it had been falsifying emissions and fuel economy data dating as far as 2003. Nissan sold its truck subsidiary to Volvo in 2007, Volkswagen renamed its truck and bus unit Traton in 2018 and listed it on the Frankfurt and Stockholm stock exchanges the following year.