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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

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Mitsubishi began selling cars with its own branding in the United States in late 1982 , introducing three car models and a pickup as 1983 models. Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last Diamantes sold here, now residing in a Denver car graveyard. The hot-rod VR-X got an additional five horses. Why is it here?

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EPA Reports Fifth Consecutive Annual Increase in US New Vehicle Fuel Economy; Up 9% Since 2004, Back to Levels of Early 1980s

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For the fifth consecutive year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting an increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide emissions for new US cars and light duty trucks. Characteristics of light-duty vehicles for four select model years. mpg, or 9%, since 2004.

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

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British maker MG used the engine for three years on the crazy X-Power SV , on sale from 2003 to 2005. Further British usage included the Invicta S1 , a badly made sports luxury coupe offered between 2004 and 2012. Other festive lighting added at that time included puddle lamps and LED signals in the side mirror glass.&

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EPA: US GHG fell 0.5% y-o-y in 2017; power sector down by 4.2%, transportation up 1.21%

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The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty motor vehicles (passenger cars and light-duty trucks) increased by 45.9% Between 1990 and 2004, average fuel economy among new vehicles sold annually declined, as sales of light-duty trucks increased.

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EPA: US greenhouse gases up 2% in 2013; increased coal consumption, cool winter

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Light duty vehicles represented 60% of CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion in domestic transportation sources, while medium- and heavy-duty trucks accounted for 23%, commercial aircraft 7%, and other sources 11%. CO 2 emissions from passenger cars and light-duty trucks peaked at 1,181.2 MMT CO 2 Eq.

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New Jersey advancing plug-ins: 330K units by end of 2025, 2M by 2035, 85% of new vehicles by 2040

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Specifically, the bill sets a goal of at least 330,000 of the total number of registered light duty vehicles in the State being plug-in electric vehicles by 31 December 2025. By the end of 2040, at least 85% of all new light duty vehicles sold or leased in the State are to be plug-in electric vehicles.

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IHS: average age of vehicles on the road in US steady at 11.4 years; scrappage rate declining

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The combined average age of all light vehicles on the road in the U.S. Total light vehicles in Operation (VIO) in the US reached a record level of more than 252,700,000—an increase of more than 3.7 This rate of growth is slowing as compared to the last five years due to the substantial increase in new vehicle sales.

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