Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2013

Geely’s current major overseas markets include Ukraine, Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group set a new export sales record in December with 11,000 cars being exported during the month, which also helped the company increase its export sales over the course of 2012 by 164%.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

That same year we started deploying the first of thousands of robots in Afghanistan and then Iraq to be used to help troops disable improvised explosive devices. So far the only self-driving systems deployed on production automobiles, no matter what the marketing people may say, are all Level 2.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2015

If the industry in question were, say, automobiles rather than oil, there is no question that such an arrangement would not be framed in the same manner. After all, OPEC has only slightly increased output from 2014, and much of it came from Iraq, which has been trying to increase production at all costs, regardless of OPEC decisions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2009

In a session on total vehicle energy consumption, several people shared similar pie charts showing the flow of energy within an automobile. The operations in Kuwait and Iraq use approximately 431 million gallons of fuel per year. Where does all of the energy go? Braking losses add another 6%. Only 22% remains to power the vehicle.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 20, 2006

No, I'm not referring to John McCain or the other remaining defenders of the Iraq adventure, predicated on so many lies. I'm speaking about Mark Phelan, columnist for the Detroit Free Press. You see Phelan was in North Carolina recently to test drive the new Toyota Tundra. 15 miles per gallon, thank you very much.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Most days, most cars are going to have lots of extra battery capacity,” said Mr. Kempton, noting that on average, American automobiles get driven for just one hour each day. I liken electric grid and renewable to the economic and political and military fiasco of the Iraq war. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations.

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