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Nissan’s Yokohama Plant engine production passes 40 million milestone; motors, solid-state batteries

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Since 2007 it has produced the VC Turbo—the world’s first mass-produced engine featuring variable compression ratio technology. In fiscal year 2022, motors accounted for approximately 40% of Yokohama Plant's production. Earlier post.) As society changes, so does the Yokohama Plant.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

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When BMW bought the Rover Group in 1994, the original Mini (which began production by the British Motor Corporation in 1959) was still being built. The MSRP for the regular 2007 Mini Cooper was $18,050, while the hot-rod Cooper S version listed at $21,850 (those prices come to $27,673 and $33,498 in 2024 dollars). department.

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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. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. A 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in a Colorado wrecking yard.

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API reports record US petroleum production in April: 10.543 million b/d; strongest April demand since 2007

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Total petroleum products delivered to the domestic market in April 2018 were 20,308,000 b/d—a seasonal decrease of 1.5% This was the strongest April monthly demand since 2007. As US production has expanded rapidly, infrastructure constraints continued to suppress WTI prices. from March but 3.8% above April 2017.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Ford Taurus SE

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That made 2007 the final model year for the "real" Taurus, and I've found one of these rare cars in a New Orleans self-service junkyard. The 206xxx sequence number in the VIN indicates very late production, though, meaning this car likely was built in October of 2006. liter Vulcan pushrod V6.

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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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The first Audi Q8 e-tron drove off the production line at the Brussels plant yesterday, 14 December, marking the beginning of an era for the new top model in Audi’s electric SUV range. The plant has been a model for sustainable production since the production of the Audi e-tron began. 2018 saw the birth of the Audi e-tron.

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SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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in 2007, Fulcrum has developed a proprietary thermochemical process to convert the organic materials found in MSW to low-carbon drop-in fuels, which can be distributed in the same pipelines as traditional petroleum products. Fulcrum’s first MSW-to-fuels facility, Sierra BioFuels, located near Reno, Nev. Founded in Pleasanton, Calif.,

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