The Truth About Cars
APRIL 15, 2024
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. 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.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Microbes convert naturally occurring mercury in soils into methylmercury in newly flooded soils—such as when dams are built for hydroelectric projects—by degradation of labile organic carbon and associated changes in geochemical conditions. Pregnant women and children are especially at risk for health impacts of methylmercury.
Cars That Think
APRIL 2, 2024
These products, initially developed for businesses, grew so popular that they suddenly needed to be available at every big-box store and drugstore alike, and, Post-its aside, retail was not a fit for the kind of company 3M was. Tartan track is sort of the track-and-field version of Astroturf , originally designed for horse tracks.
Green Cars News
JULY 26, 2009
The Federal Government now requires a fleet average of 35.5mpg by the 2016 model year - this is an increase from today’s average of 25.3mpg. The manufacturer has already added full hybrid versions of the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan to its existing Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrids.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2017
The US Coast Guard Research and Development Center ( RDC ) is evaluating the use of available diesel outboard engines on its small boats. The project began in 2014 with the issuance of a request for information and assessment of markt availability. The RDC is now in the third phase of the project—engine testing.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2018
It’s really important that they are going to be more available and accessible. The ISC break-through received the prestigious R&D100 Award in 2016 and was runner-up NASA invention of the year in 2017 and is now part of NASA’s “Crewed Space Vehicle Battery Safety Requirements.”.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Ford planners concluded that the most impactful thing they could do in the short term was to leverage currently available technology. Broadly, these can be described as: EcoBoost–Next Generation (CY 2014-2016). In the powertrain arenas, this indicated the broad deployment of technologies such as more advanced transmissions (e.g.
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