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

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In particular, BMW was on the mind of all domestic manufacturers in the Eighties as yuppies pursued status and Ultimate Driving Machine pleasure. Further British usage included the Invicta S1 , a badly made sports luxury coupe offered between 2004 and 2012. The S1 was the last vehicle in production anywhere to use an InTech engine.

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DOE awards $1.5M to Gentherm (Amerigon) for thermoelectric-based energy recovery system for heavy-duty vehicles; expands existing LDV program

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million contract modification to apply the technology in its thermoelectric generator (TEG) for passenger cars to a similar program for heavy vehicles. The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. Passenger car TEG.

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EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

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mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. The average MY 2013 adjusted fuel economy for cars is 27.6 l/100 km)—a 0.5

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EPA fuel economy report finds weight and power leveling off, footprint stable

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EPA recently released the latest edition of its annual report Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fuel Economy Trends. Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions and fuel economy have improved in ten out of twelve years, and decreased only twice. Car horsepower was down by 1 hp and truck horsepower increased by 1 hp.

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Bosch Analysis Finds US Light Duty Diesels Had a Consumer Take Rate of About 30% in 2009 When Both Diesel and Gasoline Engines Offered

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An analysis by Bosch, using new car registration data provided by R.L determined that for the 12-month period beginning January 2009, when both diesel and gasoline engine options were offered as options in a car, about 30% of the registrations had diesel engines. BMW 335d: 8%. BMW X5 xDrive x35d: 17%. Polk & Co.,

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Pike ranks Volkswagen Group as the global leader in clean diesel vehicles

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Pike’s Contenders category includes BMW; PSA. Europe is the world’s biggest market for clean diesel cars, with around 7.3 million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Pike forecasts global growth in annual clean diesel light-duty vehicle sales from 9.1

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BMW Outlines Intelligent Heat Management Applications for Reducing Fuel Consumption and CO2; New Thermoelectric Generator Unit Integrated with EGR

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Distribution of energy in the car. BMW dedicated a portion of its recent Innovation Days 2009 event to the topic of Intelligent Heat management as a mechanism for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. Studies show that customers park their car for more than 16 hours in a row only in 12% of cases. Click to enlarge.

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