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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XVIX)

The Truth About Cars

Since then, I discovered this April 1957 edition of The Cadillac Serviceman , GM’s in-house magazine publication for its dealer service centers. The quad gunsight ports used for reversing lamps and the integrated exhaust were gone. Twelve clearly scanned pages of technical and service detail await you !

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What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies

Clean Fleet Report

Large automotive conglomerates like Stellantis (parent company of well-known brands like Ram, Maserati, Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge) are now focusing on extending car lifetimes and reusing parts to reduce carbon emissions. Then, if you’re truly eco-motivated, you can choose to recycle your old car’s parts yourself. See more at E Magazine.

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Mercedes-AMG Brings Entry-Trim SL 43 to America

The Truth About Cars

turbocharged engine breathed upon by AMG and featuring an electric exhaust gas turbocharger. Electronically controlled, this drives the shaft of the turbocharger directly to accelerate the compressor wheel before the exhaust gas flow takes over the drive it in a conventional manner. What’s that, you say? Glad you asked.

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UK government awards £598K for hydrogen fuel cell range extender with micro-bead H2 storage for BEVs

Green Car Congress

The award is part of the Low Carbon Vehicle Innovation Platform Integrated Delivery Programme 8 (IDP8) competition. The partners then developed a system that seamlessly moves these cartridges from a magazine to a hot-cell where the hydrogen was released in a continuous process.

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

Green Car Congress

liter four-cylinder with about 25% fewer moving parts. An integrated exhaust manifold on the engine supports a wider rpm range with the optimum fuel to air ratio. The exhaust gas is cooler, and the integrated head and exhaust manifold reduces weight. The smallest engine available in its class, Ford’s 1.0-liter

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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

Cars That Think

Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. While pursuing his bachelor’s degree, he worked part time as a technician at a university research lab that had a contract with the U.S. government. First it merged with the U.S.

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How e-fuel may just lengthen the pace of ICE cars within the electrical life

Baua Electric

It does no longer require automakers to change engines, gas gadget parts or emissions methods, a perception that Greg Davis, a mechanical engineering schoolteacher at one of the vital crowd’s greatest colleges for auto engineers, Kettering College, concurs with. Automakers say e-fuel is a right away, drop-in alternative for gas.

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