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Pencil-Necked Finance Dweebs Suggest Anyone Making Six-Figures Should Only Buy a $15,000 Car

The Truth About Cars

Springing for luxury items just isn’t in the cards for most of us, despite the lavish recompense* deigned upon us by our corporate overlords in Downtown Canada. Setting some variables in this equation, they propose a monthly insurance rate of $147, fuel costs of $260 per month, and maintenance pegged at $95.50 for a car payment.

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DiDi partners with SoftBank in Japan for platform services for taxi industry, launches open new energy car-sharing platform

Green Car Congress

The network of strategic partners includes 12 top automakers including BAIC BJEV, BYD, Chang’an Automobile Group, Chery Automobile Group, Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle, First Auto Works, Geely Auto, Hawtai Motor, JAC Motors, KIA Motors, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, and Zotye Auto.

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Russias Irkut Selects PW Geared Turbofan for MC-21 Aircraft; Third Airframe Application for New Engine

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Russia’s Irkut Corporation has selected the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan PurePower PW1000G engine ( earlier post ) to power the Irkut MC-21 aircraft. The Irkut MC-21 is a family of 150 to 210 passenger aircraft with first flight planned for 2014 and entry into service in 2016.

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Pratt & Whitney Completes Advanced Core Testing for PurePower Engine Family

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These excellent results reconfirm the laboratory results obtained in our 2007 and 2008 technology maturation tests that the fuel burn and maintenance cost targets for the PurePower engine family - PW1000G and PW800 - will be fully achieved. —Bob Saia, vice president, Next Generation Product Family.

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