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GM recalling 656 Cadillac ELR extended range electric vehicles over calibration of Electronic Brake Control Module

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The parts are at the center of the company’s ignition switch recall, which includes all 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5; 2003-2007 Saturn Ion; 2006-2007 Chevrolet HHR; 2005-2006 Pontiac Pursuit (Canada); 2006-2007 Pontiac Solstice; and 2007 Saturn Sky vehicles—about 1.367 million vehicles.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? They knew about hybrids and after a couple of times riding in our Prius, they decided to pull the trigger on two 2006s with 180k km (112k miles).

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EPA: US GHG Up 1.4% in 2007 from 2006; Light-duty Vehicle Emissions Down 0.74%

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from 2006 and 22% above such emissions in 1990. When electricity-related emissions are distributed to economic end-use sectors, transportation activities accounted for 2,000.1 That represents a slight (0.06%) increase from 2006 and is still down 0.17% from the peak in 2005 of 2,003.6 in 2007, down 0.74% from 2006.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here.

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GE to supply electric propulsion systems totaling 1,105 MW for 23 new LNG ships

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GE’s global electric propulsion systems provide customers with high efficiency, availability and layout flexibility. In recent years, increasing numbers of ship owners have turned to dual-fuel engine systems combined with electric propulsion as more efficient solutions, up to 30% at high loads.

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USDOT proposes $2.7M civil fine for ExxonMobil on the Pegasus pipeline spill

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Specifically, ExxonMobil failed to include the susceptibility of its Youngstown, pre-1970 low frequency electric-resistance welded (ERW) pipe seam to failures as a risk factor for the Pegasus Pipeline System in the implementation of its integrity management program.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

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