article thumbnail

Colorado DPHE proposing rule to adopt California LEV standards for MY 2022 and following

Green Car Congress

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will propose Regulation Number 20, Low Emission Vehicles (Colorado Low Emission Automobile Regulations, CLEAR), to the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) to the AQCC at its regular meeting on 16 August 16. Background.

Colorado 170
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

The Truth About Cars

There was a time when Mitsubishi dealers in North America offered just about every kind of car and light truck for sale. The Lancer finally got the axe after 2018 , while the Galant disappeared here after 2012. 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard. 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard.

2004 100
article thumbnail

CARB proposes amending California LEV III Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulation to maintain stringency if US standards change

Green Car Congress

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has proposed amending the California Low-Emission Vehicle III Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulation to ensure that cars and light-duty trucks for model years 2022-2025 continue to meet California standards even if Federal standards are frozen. Colorado is also in the process of adopting them.

Standards 170
article thumbnail

Audi’s Autonomous Intelligent Driving teams up with Luminar for advanced LiDAR

Green Car Congress

The LiDAR unit is a preeminent piece in AID’s Autonomous Driving stack, because of its ability to see any object, known or unknown, moving or not, at a far distance and in any lighting condition. Luminar LiDARs will be placed on the roof of the vehicle and used for forward-facing high fidelity and long-range perception.

Volvo 236
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1986 BMW 325es

The Truth About Cars

15 years later, though, E30s have become fairly rare in junkyards, so this fairly complete 325es in a Colorado yard caught my eye a few weeks back. Because I spent a great deal of time in self-service junkyards and saw that—at least in California—such places were overflowing with unwanted E30s, I knew they were wrong. liter straight-six.

BMW 98
article thumbnail

Vertimass licenses ORNL ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology; overcoming the blend wall with drop-in fuels

Green Car Congress

In a 2012 presentation, the inventors said that the direct conversion process delivers a liquid hydrocarbon fuel yield of ~54-55% at 310°C, with ~6-7% ethylene and ~39% water byproducts, making the technology more cost-effective than previous approaches. Catalytic conversion of to hydrocarbons (2012). —Chaitanya Narula.

article thumbnail

GM opens new US$200M diesel engine facility in Thailand; first to produce new 4-cylinder Duramax diesels

Green Car Congress

GM expects to source US$94 million worth of Thai-built components for the production of engines at its Rayong facility by 2012. GM Thailand has also employed environmental-protection processes throughout the facility, including using lighting that consumes 40 percent less energy compared with regular systems. Duramax diesels.

Thailand 218