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Scrapyard Find: 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S

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The Brera S was available only in the United Kingdom, and its price tag with the four-cylinder engine was £24,950 (about £38,102 in 2024 pounds, or $48,438 in today's dollars). liter V6 was the most powerful engine you could get in the Brera S. 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S in English scrapyard. This car has the 182-horsepower 2.2-liter

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Final California deadline for upgrading heavy-duty diesels to MY2010 or newer engines

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Under the regulation, 1 January 2023 marked the final deadline to replace or repower older diesel trucks and buses with heavy-duty 2010 or newer model year engines. The regulation applies to: Diesel vehicles with a GVWR greater than 14,000 lbs. Privately and federally owned trucks and buses that operate in California.

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FCA to invest $400M to convert idled Indiana transmission plant to build GMET4 engines

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to build the GMET4 engine—the Company’s 2.0-liter liter Global Medium Engine inline four-cylinder turbo that is currently offered on the Jeep Wrangler and Jeep Cherokee. liter turbocharged I-4 engine is part of FCA’s Global Medium Engine family. engine with engine stop start (ESS). While the 2.0-liter

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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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Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. We only drove ’normal’ ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) cars before but those gave me a feeling of always being in a hurry. petrol engine is not running.

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Sales of Ford trucks with CNG/LPG prepped engines up 350% since 2009; company expanding range offered

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Sales of Ford trucks with CNG/LPG-prepped engines have jumped more than 350% since 2009, the company said. Since 2009, we’ve seen the number of Built Ford Tough commercial vehicles sold with factory-prepped engines for CNG/LPG upfit increase by more than 350 percent.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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These tests resulted in the combined 115% freight efficiency improvement over a 2009 baseline truck. Testing was also conducted at the DTNA Detroit engineering facility to demonstrate engine efficiency by achieving 50.2% engine brake thermal efficiency. .; and anti-idle testing in both a cold chamber and hot chamber.

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Ford hires former Tesla engineer to lead ‘Advanced EV Development’

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Ford has hired former Tesla Engineer Alan Clarke, who left the company over twelve years to oversee Ford’s “Advanced EV Development” projects. At Tesla, he spent over twelve years in the company’s engineering department. He then moved to Director of New Programs Engineering until leaving Tesla in January 2022.

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