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Used Car of the Day: 2003 Volkswagen Golf

The Truth About Cars

Today we feature a clean-looking 2003 Volkswagen Golf. This one has a five-speed manual and recent maintenance/repair work includes a new starter and water pump -- though one of the cylinders needs a new valve. There are 153,000 miles on this ride. If you're looking for cheap (automotive) fun, the asking price here is just $1,250.

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Used Car of the Day: 2003 Ford Focus SVT

The Truth About Cars

This 2003 Ford Focus SVT comes to us from Wisconsin, with a reasonable price of $4,000. The mileage is high -- at least 190K -- but the seller seems to have stayed on top of maintenance and replaced key components. Today's UCOTD is a 20-year-old hot hatch.

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Replacing 2003 VW Jetta TDI: What Non-Gasoline Car Should He Pick?

Green Car Reports

Richard Kelly--the president of Plug-In America--has now put almost 200,000 miles on his 2003 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Maintenance costs for the compact diesel are going up, so he believes it''s time to move on. Everyone needs car-buying advice once in awhile--even the leader of an electric-car advocacy group.

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New York City Transit Authority adding 50 New Flyer buses equipped with Allison H 40 EP systems

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From reduced emissions, quieter operation and fuel economy improvements (as compared to diesel-powered buses), the H 40/50 EP Series provides reduced brake maintenance costs and fast, smooth acceleration. In full production since 2003 and now operating in thousands of buses, it has proven up to 25% fuel saving, depending on the duty cycle.

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Potent GHG SF6 rapidly accumulating in atmosphere, driven by demand for SF6-insulated switchgear in developing countries

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Sales compiled from 1996–2003 by producers in Europe, Japan, USA, and South Africa (not including China and Russia) showed that, on an annual average basis, 80% of the SF 6 produced during this period was consumed by electric utilities and equipment manufacturers for electric power systems. —Simmonds et al.

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Allison Transmission launches eGen Flex, new zero-emission-capable electric hybrid system

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The inverter is now water ethylene glycol (WEG) cooled, which eliminates oil lines, decreasing installation complexity, reducing maintenance expense, and increasing uptime. Since 2003, Allison has delivered more than 9,000 electric hybrid propulsion systems globally. These systems have accumulated nearly 2.6

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API reports that US gasoline, diesel demand continued to recover in October

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million barrels per day, marking the highest production level for any October since 2003. Following the summer maintenance season, Alaskan crude oil production, at 654,000 barrels per day in October, was higher than September, but was 0.6% US crude oil production in October rose to 5.5 Production from the Lower 48, at 4.86

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