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Used Car of the Day: 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT

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A 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT, to be precise. liter engine, automatic transmission, heated seats, sunroof, power windows and locks, and some replacement parts. Today we dig deep and bring you a Mitsubishi. This one has a 3.8-liter Those include the radiator, front and rear struts, driveshafts, and wheel bearings.

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Junkyard Find: 2006 Mazda Mazdaspeed6

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Back in 2006, Jonny Lieberman reviewed the then-new Mazdaspeed6 for this publication. The 2006 Mazdaspeed6 started at $27,995 (about $43,344 in 2023 dollars), making it a bit cheaper than the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX sedan and quite a lot cheaper than the Subaru Impreza WRX STi sedan. Power went to all four wheels, naturally.

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ORNL Spallation Neutron Source achieves 1.55MW record power to enable more discoveries

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The Spallation Neutron Source ( earlier post ) at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its linear accelerator reached an operating power of 1.55 A megawatt is a unit of measure of the beam power of a particle accelerator. megawatts, which improves on the facility’s original design capability.

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SolarEdge, Kokam open 2GWh cell plant in South Korea

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SolarEdge developed an intelligent inverter solution that changed the way power is harvested and managed in photovoltaic (PV) systems. The SolarEdge DC optimized inverter seeks to maximize power generation while lowering the cost of energy produced by the PV system. —Zvi Lando, Chief Executive Officer of SolarEdge.

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Infineon Technologies and SAIC Motor establish power module JV in China

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SAIC Motor Corporation Limited and Infineon Technologies AG established a joint venture to manufacture power modules for the developing electric vehicle market in China. The JV is named SIAPM (SAIC Infineon Automotive Power Modules (Shanghai) Co, Ltd.). DSC offers with the possibility to scalability a flexibility in power.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Ford Taurus SE

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The original Ford Taurus first appeared as a 1986 model , going through three generations and nearly 10 million sales (counting the Mercury Sable ) before getting the axe in October of 2006. The 206xxx sequence number in the VIN indicates very late production, though, meaning this car likely was built in October of 2006.

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Toyota to use landfill gas to generate power for Kentucky plant

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has teamed up with Waste Services of the Bluegrass to generate power from local landfill waste, marking the region’s first business-to-business landfill gas to energy initiative. Toyota estimates the locally-generated landfill gas will supply enough power each year for the production of 10,000 vehicles.

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