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House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoena for Toyota Documents

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The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a subpoena for “all documents relating to Toyota motor vehicle safety and Toyota’s handling of alleged motor vehicle defects and related litigation” in the possession of Dimitrios Biller, who served as the National Managing Counsel for Toyota’s American operation from 2003-2007.

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Junkyard Find: 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 Mystery Machine

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The Chrysler Corporation sold vans based on the B-Series platform from the 1971 through 2003 model years, giving them Dodge , Plymouth and Fargo badging along the way. And yet with all the Mystery Machines I've seen on race tracks and at car shows, today's '77 Tradesman is the first Mystery Machine I've documented in a junkyard.

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Editorial: Growing old U.S. fleet complicates emissions objectives

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fleet since 2008, S&P mentioned, and continues a longer-term pattern: In 2003, the typical fleet future stood at 9.7 The leap marks the biggest annually build up within the reasonable future of the U.S. years, hour a decade in the past, it had grown to about 11 years.

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Subaru BRAT GL

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The highest-mile junkyard Subaru I've documented so far was a 1993 Impreza with 319,554 miles. Subaru tried to revive the old BRAT magic with the Legacy-based Baja for the 2003-2006 model years, but sales weren't great. This one was in pretty good condition when its career ended. Sales elsewhere continued through 1994.

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EC says Honeywell and DuPont may have breached antitrust rules with R-1234yf low-GWP MAC refrigerant

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The addressees can examine the documents in the Commission’s investigation file, reply in writing and request an oral hearing to present their comments on the case before representatives of the Commission and national competition authorities. The Commission informs the parties concerned in writing of the objections raised against them.

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Honda under-reported to NHTSA 1,729 instances of injury or death over last decade

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Honda’s third-party audit has identified that it did not report to NHTSA a total of 1,729 written claims or notices concerning injuries or deaths over the period of 1 July 2003, through 30 June 2014. Key Findings of Honda’s Third-Party Audit. The review to date indicates that these were inadvertent data entry and computer programming errors.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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The system is documenting changes taking place on Earth and facilitating the early detection of irreversible damage.” He founded the IEEE GRSS Germany Section in 2003 and served as the society’s 2010 president. That’s why the approach is called synthetic-aperture radar.