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Scrapyard Find: 2010 Citroën C4 Picasso VTR+

The Truth About Cars

This generation of C4 Picasso was built from 2006 through 2013, with all examples built at the assembly plant in Vigo, Spain. For 2010, the C4 Picasso was available with diesel or gasoline power. 2010 Citroën C4 Picasso in English scrapyard. 2010 Citroën C4 Picasso in English scrapyard. This one has the 1.6-liter

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Recall: 2006-2010 Toyota Highlander Hybrids, 2006-2008 Lexus RX 400h

Green Car Reports

The affected vehicles cover model years 2006 through 2010 for the Highlander, and 2006 through 2008 for the RX. Toyota announced yesterday that it would conduct a voluntary recall of 133,000 Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX400h crossover utility vehicles. Both vehicles share a platform and use the same powertrain.

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

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Total consumption (millions of gallons). Therefore, the table below shows the consumptions per capita for selected years between 1965 and 2020. Consumption per capita (gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons).

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US EPA extends E15 fuel waiver to MY 2001-2006 light-duty vehicles

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waived a limitation on selling gasoline that contains more than 10% ethanol for model year (MY) 2001 through 2006 passenger vehicles, including cars, SUVs, and light pickup trucks. On 13 October 2010, EPA had approved a waiver allowing the use of E15 for MY 2007 and newer cars and light trucks.

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ARRA funding raises R&D expenditures within federally funded R&D centers 11% to $16.8B in FY 2010

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billion in FY 2010, according to data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) FFRDC Research and Development Survey. More than $1 billion of the FY 2010 total was supplied by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). billion) of the FFRDC’s total expenditures in FY 2010. billion in FY 2010.

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Study estimates cost of US preterm births attributable to PM2.5 in 2010 at $4.33B

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For the study, lead investigator Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, a professor at NYU Langone, and his colleagues examined data for 2010 from the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Institute of Medicine. in 2006 to 11.4% Researchers say PM 2.5 The investigators calculated average PM 2.5

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Last Mile EV Delivery In The Philippines Boosted By Battery Swapping Partnership

CleanTechnica EVs

Electric 2-wheelers have been part of the last-mile transportation in the Philippines since 2006 when the first electric bicycles and scooters came in from China. In 2010 the Asian Development Bank funded 3-wheeled electric transportation to replace the smoke-spewing […].