article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

Production of the Chevrolet Metro continued through 2001, after which it was replaced by the Suzuki Aerio and the Daewoo -built Chevrolet Aveo. Amazingly, the right-side mirror was included at no extra cost on all 1992 Metro models except the gas-mileage-king XFi. Such is the nature of the mighty GM Empire. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

Suzuki 105
article thumbnail

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.

Grid 138
article thumbnail

Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

Green Car Congress

The Council of European Ministers adopted the limit as policy on behalf of the European Union in 1996, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) subsequently employed the limit as context in its Third Assessment Report (TAR), published in 2001. [ 1 ] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Third Assessment Report , 2001. [

article thumbnail

War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

Cars That Think

For natural gas, it is the world’s second largest producer , behind the United States and ahead of Iran, and its largest exporter. percent stake in the enormous Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development. Peter Kovalev/TASS/Getty Images So how did Europe become addicted to Russian fossil fuels, particularly natural gas?

Ukraine 118