The Truth About Cars

MAY 6, 2024

Well, today's Junkyard Find is the highest-mile discarded Fuji Heavy Industries product I've ever found. Since I own a 2004 Outback wagon , this makes it very easy for me to find parts (which is a good thing because 10-plus-year-old Subarus tend to nickel-and-dime you with broken interior trim pieces and failed electrical components).

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APRIL 17, 2013

The ASTM standards serve as guidelines for industry and are designed to ensure quality at the pump for consumers along with reliable operation of the nation’s vehicles powered by biodiesel blends. million gallons in 2004 to more than 1 billion gallons in 2012. The survey showed a major improvement over results from previous years.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Jung Uck Seo , who served as 2003–2004 IEEE Region 10 director, died on 11 January at the age of 70. Three years later he left for the United States to attend Texas A&M University , in College Station. While working at Korea Telecom , the IEEE Life Fellow led the development of the TDX-1 digital telephone switching system.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Hours after the probe began at Toyota Industries Corp.’s Reporters were called late Monday to Toyota’s Tokyo office, where its CEO Koji Sato , who succeeded Toyoda, apologized for the latest mess: flawed testing at Toyota Industries Corp., which makes diesel engines. “We must never lose sight of where we all began.”

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Between 2004 and 2008, global energy intensity experienced its sharpest decline in 30 years, with an average annual growth rate of 1.87%. World crude oil prices more than tripled between 2004 and 2008—the fastest rise since the oil crisis of the late 1970s—contributing to the sharp decline in energy intensity during that period.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

A minimum cetane number is specified in the ASTM standard that defines the quality of diesel fuel sold in the United States. Values in the previous compendium (published in 2004) derived from octane numbers have been removed and replaced with a brief analysis of the correlation between cetane numbers and octane numbers.

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APRIL 11, 2023

From synchronous machines to fast response power electronics That article was an update of a 2004 article that Vittal coauthored as a member of a joint task force formed by the IEEE Power & Energy Society and CIGRE , an international association of power system professionals, headquartered in Paris. I like working with students,” he says.

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JUNE 18, 2016

The emission standards set out in these proposed regulations will also align with those of the United States. The rail industry has been working with the Government of Canada through a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to reduce emissions since 1995. 1993–2004. 2002–2004. Background. of NO x and 4.6%

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), is a CEO-led initiative of 10 oil and gas companies that collaborate on action to lead the industry response to climate change. It has proven industry-best fuel economy gains of up to 30 percent and significant emissions reductions.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will begin test drilling for oil and natural gas in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Niigata Prefecture in April 2013. million barrels per day (bbl/d) of oil in 2011, making it the third-largest petroleum consumer in the world, behind the United States and China.

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JULY 26, 2016

In 2013, NASA and the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) established a cooperative agreement to test ECAPS’ High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) technology in the United States. In September 2015, Orbital ATK announced the successful completion of the first US test of a 22 Newton (N) thruster using LMP-103S. Venkatachalam, S.,

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JANUARY 13, 2017

A new lifecycle analysis of corn ethanol released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds that GHG emissions associated with corn-based ethanol in the United States are about 43% lower than gasoline when measured on an energy-equivalent basis.

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JULY 6, 2023

Rising up, James Staff CEO Lorron James didn’t suppose he’d fasten the public industry, however proceeding its trailblazing legacy would nearest transform his project. James left Chrysler to travel into the trucking industry complete while in 1978. “Our business is pretty diversified,” James stated.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Both are represented in the study by a major gas of each type, the VOC formaldehyde and NO 2 , that are measureable from space by the Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA’s Aura satellite, launched in 2004.

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APRIL 21, 2013

GM expects the number of vehicles on China’s roads to surpass the number in the United States and Europe by the end of this decade. We are at an important point in our history and the industry’s history in China. million units. We expect industry sales to grow another 7-8 percent in 2013. —Gary Smyth.

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MARCH 12, 2009

The European Union is imposing temporary anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of biodiesel from the United States. The EC launched an investigation into US biodiesel on 13 June 2008 following complaints received from EU industry. US exports of biodiesel to Europe have surged, and represent the bulk of US production.

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APRIL 22, 2009

The change in runoff inferred from streamflow records worldwide between 1948 and 2004, with bluish colors indicating more streamflow and reddish colors less. The scientists, who examined stream flows from 1948 to 2004, found significant changes in about one-third of the world’s largest rivers. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

That effectively precludes any vehicles that are not intended for the global market, with winners resulting from the opinions of a limited number of industry experts. Back in the United States, we watched Subaru accomplish the inverse by turning female customers into a boon.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2021

A look at the current political climate in countries such as the United States and the Philippines would show this. Such is simply the nature of the car industry. Better known in other territories as the Suzuki Jimny, the Samurai was introduced in the United States in 1985. . Congratulations on the Mach E!

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

That effectively precludes any vehicles that are not intended for the global market, with winners resulting from the opinions of a limited number of industry experts. Back in the United States, we watched Subaru accomplish the inverse by turning female customers into a boon.

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JANUARY 7, 2012

1,754 Gg by 2050 under different UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scenarios, overriding residential, industry, and power sectors to become the largest anthropogenic source, the Peking University authors note. 2004) A technology-based global inventory of black and organic carbon emissions from combustion. Streets, D.

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MAY 29, 2013

A new white paper published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) comparing official and “real-world” fuel consumption and CO 2 emission values for passenger cars in Europe and the United States shows that the average discrepancy between the values in Europe increased from less than 10% in 2001 to 25% in 2011.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 1, 2022

AT&T rolled out its initial 3G networks in four cities in June 2004 —nearly 18 years ago. All told, 2G networks in the United States were in use for nearly 30 years in some instances. With 3G, we all got our first glimpse at what we now take for granted: using our phones to browse the Internet, stream video, and more.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In 2004 Barroso was tasked with investigating ways to build more efficient data centers. He moved to the United States in the 1980s to join the University of Pittsburgh as a professor of mathematics and statistics. As Google’s business expanded, its need for infrastructure increased.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Technically recoverable oil and gas resources are those quantities of oil and gas producible using currently available technology and industry practices, regardless of economic or accessibility considerations. billion barrels of natural gas liquids. The estimate of undiscovered natural gas ranges from 43.0

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

He helped develop MOS analog-to-digital converters, expanding the use of the technology to industries including communications, signal processing, environmental sensing, and semiconductors. He supervised the installation of the equipment by more than 150 cable systems in the United States. for 37 years.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

The all-new, next-generation Ford Focus sedan and five-door hatchback models are scheduled to launch late in calendar year 2010 in the United States. According to Ford analysts, small cars in the B- and C-segments accounted for less than 15% of the US market in 2004.

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APRIL 17, 2022

Madni sat at the helm of BEI Sensors and Controls, overseeing a product line that included a variety of sensor and inertial-navigation devices, but its customers were less varied—mainly, the aerospace and defense electronics industries. defense industry. And he had a problem. The Cold War had ended, crashing the U.S.

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MAY 17, 2010

As the lake gets warmer, we expect productivity to decline, and we expect that it will affect the [fishing] industry. The research grew out of two coring expeditions sponsored by the Nyanza Project in 2001 and 2004. —Jessica Tierney, lead author. The National Science Foundation and the Nyanza Project funded the research.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Among its findings, the report notes that in DOE’s assessment, “ although significant progress has been made ”, fuel cell cost is still too high and durability still too low to enable industry to meet the deployment goal of 100,000 hydrogen-fueled vehicles by 2010, as specified in EPACT. Market development RFI. Report to Congress.

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JUNE 30, 2009

In September 2004 the California Air Resources Board (ARB) passed regulations to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from new passenger vehicles starting in 2009. These regulations were authorized by the 2002 legislation Assembly Bill 1493 (Pavley). EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.

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Charged EVs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Since its founding in 2004, Proterra has grown to become North America’s largest supplier of electric buses. The company has sold some 950 buses to transit agencies, airports, universities, national parks and private companies in 43 states and provinces. But that’s table stakes in our industry. Dustin: Yeah.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

This project was terminated in 2004 due to cost overruns and opposition on environmental grounds. It is instructive to consider the implications of a very large oil shale industry that does not practice CO 2 mitigation. It is especially crucial that this occur before the development of an oil shale industry in the United States.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The Brazilian government’s dedication to the ethanol industry declined and incentives given by the government wore off, causing hydrous ethanol-fueled vehicle production to decline in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs.

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JULY 21, 2021

By 1980, customers in many industries were telling their IBM contacts to enter the fray. People could buy the machines at ComputerLand , a popular retail chain in the United States. As developers began writing software for the IBM PC, they embraced DOS as the industry standard. A large software industry grew up.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ]. ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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