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Junkyard Find: 2005 Pontiac Sunfire

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The end came in 2005, when there were just two J-Cars remaining in production: the Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire. We saw a 2005 Cavalier in this series four years ago, and now it's the turn of its Pontiac-badged sibling. Sure, that was a late-1990s thing, but at least Pontiac had it in 2005. liter Ecotec.

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DOE releases final report from 6-year national fuel cell vehicle demo; key targets met, with twice the efficiency of today’s gasoline vehicles

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the final report from its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for a technology validation project that collected data from more than 180 fuel cell electric vehicles over six years (early 2005 through September 2011). These vehicles made more than 500,000 trips and traveled 3.6

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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By collecting more detailed information, we can better understand, for example, how the forests are changing internally by imaging every layer,” he says, referring to the emergent layer and the canopy, understory, and forest floor. He founded the IEEE GRSS Germany Section in 2003 and served as the society’s 2010 president.

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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

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MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. 2 Exhaust and Evap refers to all exhaust emission testing and all evaporative emission and refueling emission testing required for new vehicle certification, unless otherwise excepted. MY 2009, 2010, 2011 and < useful life mileage.

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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

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In parts of the United States, using the term “systemic racism” to refer to persistent discrimination against Black people has become a political flash point. In 2003, she headed to Harvard Business School for an MBA that could give her upward trajectory an extra boost. or New York City. Boyea-Robinson pitched both.

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Met Office Climate Scientist: “Apocalyptic Predictions” Of Climate Change Can Impede Understanding Of Long-Term Warming Trends

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The five warmest years since the late 1880s, according to NASA, are in descending order 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2006. At the same time, the difference in temperature between 1998 and the cooler 2008 year, which was affected by a La Niña, does not show an overall cooling trend; 2008 was still the tenth warmest year on record.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Consumption of anhydrous ethanol has grown steadily since the 1990s, peaking in 2003. Brazil introduced its current generation of ethanol-powered cars in 2003, the same year in which anhydrous ethanol consumption peaked. In 2005, their sales increased even further, accounting for approximately 54% of all new car sales.