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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part IV)

The Truth About Cars

There was a good amount of data available, as over 4,000 people piloted the 100 Toronados during their tenure as rental and leased vehicles. The finalized main report on TravTek was published in January 1996 and is 89 pages long (PDF available here ). There were seven different inquiries the government wanted to answer.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLIII)

The Truth About Cars

An intentional move on the company’s part, the plan was to catch a more elevated customer than those persuaded by the Fox body trio: Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Cougar, and Lincoln Mark VII. Part of Ford’s Modular engine family, the new mill shared its 4.6-liter

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Ricardo Study Suggests E15 Poses Minimal Risk to MY 1994-2000 Vehicles

Green Car Congress

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.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLIX)

The Truth About Cars

Contrary to what the press said, the LS was of course rear-drive and did not arrive until model year 2000. Only available on the Spring Feature, it would debut the following year as an official and exclusive color on the Continental sedan. Three different interior colors were available on the Spring Feature.

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Toyota to offer free access to THUMS virtual human body model software

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation will make its Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) software freely available from January 2021 as part of its efforts toward a safe mobility society. THUMS was the world’s first virtual human body model software when it launched in 2000.

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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. EIA research indicated that part of the reason for the underestimation of transportation sector consumption of liquid fuels stemmed from the use of methanol and its derivatives that were increasingly added into China’s gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) streams. Click to enlarge.

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ChargePoint announces support for Megawatt Charging System – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The MCS cable and connector will be available on ChargePoint’s Power Link 2000 stations, part of the modular Express Plus DC fast charging platform. The latest charging provider to announce support for MCS is ChargePoint. Initially, ChargePoint’s MCS chargers will deliver up to 1.2