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Used Car of the Day: 1967 Volvo 122S Amazon

The Truth About Cars

The ask for this Milwaukee-area car is $13,500. If you're a Volvo person or just like uncommon classic cars, check it out here. The exhaust was replaced last summer and the car is lowered on IPD springs. I don't have a mileage, and the transmission is unclear, the listing seems to suggest an automatic was swapped out for a manual.

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Johnson Controls endowing University of Wisconsin System for energy storage research

Green Car Congress

is endowing a professorship, research labs and graduate studies in energy storage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Johnson Controls, Inc. Between our scientists and the talented UW students, we expect groundbreaking projects to develop. The position is expected to be filled this summer.

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UAW moves Ford provider Constellium in Michigan

Baua Electric

A spokesperson for Clarios didn’t say whether or not the corporate plans to report its personal fees. ” Clarios, based totally in Milwaukee and previously a part of Johnson Controls Inc., “We’re committed to bargaining with the union in good faith,” the spokesperson stated. ranks Incorrect.

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Tesla community comes together to fulfill terminally ill Cybertruck fan’s wish

Teslarati

by u/arfarfarf in TeslaLounge As per the former Cybertruck reservation holder, Tesla Staff Manufacturing Engineer Steven Dang answered the electric vehicle community’s call by driving from Minneapolis to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in a Cybertruck for a ride and drive. Need a favor from Tesla or Cybertruck owner.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

Cars That Think

If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. A number of years ago, back when I lived in Milwaukee, I found a couple of blank reel-to-reel tapes created by 3M using the Scotch name.

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Jim Wangers, the Godfather of the GTO, useless at 96

Baua Electric

Wangers took it as an indication and attempted his hand working a automobile dealership in Milwaukee. After all, his status comes from being the Godfather of the GTO, however there’s so a lot more to the person who trustworthy nearly 60 years to the automobile business, automobile pastime and philanthropy.

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US PIRG report finds reduced driving and rates of car commuting in most populous US urbanized areas

Green Car Congress

The urbanized areas containing two Wisconsin cities, Milwaukee and Madison, saw the second and third biggest drops in per-capita VMT: 21% and 18%, respectively. Behavior Personal Transit Urban mobility' New Orleans has seen the largest drop in per-capita VMT (22%) since 2006, possibly a result of Hurricane Katrina.

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