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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

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When BMW bought the Rover Group in 1994, the original Mini (which began production by the British Motor Corporation in 1959) was still being built. The MSRP for the regular 2007 Mini Cooper was $18,050, while the hot-rod Cooper S version listed at $21,850 (those prices come to $27,673 and $33,498 in 2024 dollars). department.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. A 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in a Colorado wrecking yard.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Ford Taurus SE

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That made 2007 the final model year for the "real" Taurus, and I've found one of these rare cars in a New Orleans self-service junkyard. The 206xxx sequence number in the VIN indicates very late production, though, meaning this car likely was built in October of 2006. liter Vulcan pushrod V6.

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API reports record US petroleum production in April: 10.543 million b/d; strongest April demand since 2007

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Total petroleum products delivered to the domestic market in April 2018 were 20,308,000 b/d—a seasonal decrease of 1.5% This was the strongest April monthly demand since 2007. As US production has expanded rapidly, infrastructure constraints continued to suppress WTI prices. from March but 3.8% above April 2017.

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Nissan’s Yokohama Plant engine production passes 40 million milestone; motors, solid-state batteries

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Since 2007 it has produced the VC Turbo—the world’s first mass-produced engine featuring variable compression ratio technology. In fiscal year 2022, motors accounted for approximately 40% of Yokohama Plant's production. Earlier post.) As society changes, so does the Yokohama Plant.

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EPA says methane emissions from natural gas production have dropped 36% from 2007-2011

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In its recently released Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 – 2011 ( earlier post ), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that methane (CH 4 ) emissions from the field production of natural gas have declined by 36% from 2007 to 2011 (from 83.1 Field production. Processing.

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JRC report assesses R&I in low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT) in Europe; €2.3B spent from 2007-2020

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The STRIA roadmap for low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT) focuses on renewable fuels production, alternative fuel infrastructures as well as the impact on transport systems and services of these technologies for road, rail, waterborne transport and aviation. Transport infrastructure (INF). Bars not in scale.

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