The Truth About Cars
JUNE 10, 2024
My definition of "impressive" varies by manufacturer, so Honda and Toyota products now need at least 400,000 miles to meet that threshold. Mitsubishi, however, is a different story; today's Junkyard Find is the first discarded Mitsubishi I've ever documented with better than 300,000 total miles.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 6, 2017
The innovative, fully automatic transmission, for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, will be available globally and is targeted for release in 2020. The Allison nine-speed model leverages the proven durability of the Allison 2000 Series six-speed commercial transmissions, which have accumulated more than 100 billion miles globally.
Green Car Congress
JULY 27, 2013
million miles from ground deliveries. UPS also set a new alternative fuel goal of one billion cumulative miles (from a baseline of the year 2000) driven by alternative fuel/advanced technology vehicles by 2017, said David Abney, UPS Chief Operating Officer—more than double the previous goal of 400 million miles.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
A study by Ricardo for the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) concludes that the adoption of E15 as the blend limit for standard US pump grades of gasoline rather than the current E10 should not adversely affect vehicles manufactured between 1994 and 2000 in terms of their performance and durability based on normal specifications and usage profile.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 8, 2013
A new report by the US PIRG Education Fund and the Frontier Group details reduced driving miles and rates of car commuting in the US’ most populous urbanized areas, as well as greater use of public transit and biking in most cities. fewer miles today than when per-capita driving peaked in 2004. The average American drives 7.6%
Teslarati
APRIL 25, 2022
From a known physics standpoint, this is the fastest possible way of getting from one city center to another for distances less than ~2000 miles. Musk responded that ultimately, the Hyperloop still presents the fastest possible way of getting from one city to another, at least for distances less than 2,000 miles or so.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 23, 2019
The 24 th Annual Highway Report, based on data that states submitted to the federal government, ranks each state’s highway system in 13 categories, including traffic fatalities, pavement condition, congestion, spending per mile, administrative costs and more. Overall Rankings, 24 th Annual Highway Report.
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