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Ford to offer 1L EcoBoost in 2014 Fiesta in North America

Green Car Congress

The smallest engine available in its class, Ford’s 1.0-liter A timing belt-in-oil for the primary cam drive system produces less noise (being sealed), and is maintenance-free. liter EcoBoost was given a Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics magazine, and this month the engine won the prestigious DeWar Trophy in Great Britain.

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

Cars That Think

Compared with other aircraft, the spinning drone is simpler to produce, requires less maintenance, and is less complex to control because its only control surface is the trailing-edge flap. It depends on an algorithm that tells an actuator when and how much to adjust the angle of a flap that determines its direction.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The SurplusCenter : {Returnto top of page} Used EVs For Sale EV Finder The EV TradinPost : EVs & parts wanted and for sale TriangleEAA List {Returnto top of page} EV Magazines andNewsletters AlternativeFuel Vehicle Group ElectricCars.Com :Net-zine ElectrifyingTimes: Cool magazine!

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. With this price I can buy a nice used C200 class Mercedes and still have money to afford Gas……uuuuuugh. Learn your facts before you post please. — Volt Enthusiast 7. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The customer will only pay a monthly fee about $240 (US Dollars) which includes a full maintenance service agreement; carbon offset payments and in some countries even all electricity used, and insurance. Apr 24 10:01 AM | Link | Reply airglow 4 Comments Hey James, if thats a compact car Im Brad Pitt!

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. In an economic system as rigged and gamed as ours, the deficit in national parks maintenance, repair and upkeep is monumentally more important than the crooked numbers game racket that is the U.S.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. In an economic system as rigged and gamed as ours, the deficit in national parks maintenance, repair and upkeep is monumentally more important than the crooked numbers game racket that is the U.S.

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