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Used Car of the Day: 2001 Ford Mustang Cobra Convertible

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Old-school journalists might know the term "headless snake" -- meaning when a person gets referred to in a story and an editing/writing error leaves off their first name. Today, we have a "topless snake" -- a heavily modified 2001 Ford Mustang Cobra convertible. The suspension is the target of most of the mods.

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Study finds rates of LDV fuel consumption in US peaked in 2004; indications of peak motorization

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Based on the present data, his best estimates of the current annual fuel-consumption rates are: 398 gallons (1,507 liters) per person, 585 gallons (2,214 liters) per licensed driver, 1,033 gallons (3,910 liters) per household, and 530 gallons (2,006 liters) per registered vehicle. Fuel consumed per person. 2001 to 2006. -5%.

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Mahindra inaugurates EV plant, describes its vision of “future of mobility”

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Among these are ‘Quick2Charge’, by which the car can be charged in 15 minutes to run 25 km; a personal charging unit called ‘Sun2Car’; and ‘Car 2 Home’ to use energy from the car to power a house. Reva focused on creating affordable electric cars through advanced technology and launched its first model in India in 2001 and in London in 2004.

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UMTRI study concludes number of LDVs in the US likely has not yet peaked

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However, he notes, the rates of vehicles per person, licensed driver, and household reached their maxima prior to the onset of the current economic downturn. In terms of the rates of vehicles per three variables of interest: Vehicles per person. vehicles per person. In 1984 there were 0.66 Vehicles per licensed driver.

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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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They fell 23% from a peak of 14 metric tons per person (roughly equal to driving 34,000 miles) in 2001 to 10.8 metric tons per person in 2016 (roughly equal to driving 26,000 miles). The carbon intensity of California’s economy has dropped 38% since the 2001 peak and is now one-half the national average.

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

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Americans 16 to 34 years of age reduced their average driving miles by 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Behavior Personal Transit Urban mobility' Previous research by US PIRG Education Fund and others has shown that young people have the steepest reductions in driving.

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Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

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Per capita GHG emissions in California have dropped from a 2001 peak of 14.0 tons per person to 10.7 tons per person in 2018, a 24% decrease. Transportation emissions declined 1.5 million metric tons between 2017 and 2018, the first such decline since 2013. Emissions from high-GWP gases increased 2.3%

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