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Scrapyard Find: 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S

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I took a four-day trip to Northern England a couple of weeks ago, primarily to visit one of the only American-style self-service junkyards in the UK. 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).

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Ford Unveils Next-Generation Global Focus at NAIAS; Features New 2.0L DI Engine with Powershift Dual-Clutch Transmission for NA Market

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(The first of these will be the new Ford C-MAX and Ford Grand C-MAX—unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show—for launch in Europe in the second half of 2010. The new engine is designed to deliver an estimated 155 hp (116 kW) and 145 lb-ft (197 N·m) of torque and is up to 20 horsepower more powerful than the current 2.0

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Ricardo-led Consortium Wins Funding for Advanced Wind Energy Bearing Technology

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A consortium led by engineering firm Ricardo that aims to extend wind turbine bearing service life by up to 500% has won a share of £3 million (US$4.8 A suite of automated mechanisms to index the bearing races was devised and patented by Ricardo before presentation at the 2009 Offshore Wind Conference in Stockholm.

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Hyperion Unveils Design of its Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, the Hyperion Power Module

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At the recent Annual Winter Conference of the American Nuclear Society in Washington, and simultaneously at the “Powering Toward 2020” conference in London, England, Hyperion Power Generation Inc. Nuclear Engineering International reports that: The HPM uses 24 assemblies of uranium nitride fuel, and 18 control rods.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Andy Grove April 17, 2009: 9:30 AM ET The great electric car race High oil prices, green regs, and better batteries are behind the mad dash to create the ultimate electric automobile. rivals in the dust.

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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Today’s announcement signals our intent to reduce our dependence on petrol- and diesel-based engines, and determine the best practical alternatives. The project will support a program of demonstration, testing and performance enhancement while simultaneously showcasing UK engineering and design expertise. The Allied Vehicles Project.

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Wanted: Electric MINI test drivers

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from 01- 30 September 2009. Firstly, customers must reside in South East England, within a triangular geographical area joining Andover, Oxford and West London. The region in which Southern Electric owns the supply network is an important reason for working with a geographical research sample in South East England.

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