Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

The gas is produced primarily during the combustion of gasoline in vehicle engines and coal in power plants. More before-and-after images are available on flickr. It’s also a good proxy for the presence of air pollution in general. Nitrogen dioxide pollution, averaged yearly from 2005-2011, has decreased across the United States.

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Ozone Maryland Pollution 2005 210

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 31, 2025

Here's one of those cars, found in a Denver boneyard last week. It was available in the United States for the 1995 through 1998 model years and is mostly forgotten today. The engine is a 2.0-liter An automatic was available, of course, if you ponied up an extra 800 bucks ($1,580 when reckoned in our current frogskins).

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Nissan Colorado Denver 2002 100

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

The LCA was conducted by Symbiotic Engineering, a company specializing in GHG and sustainability management and providing tools to evaluate “green” projects and products, and was peer-reviewed by Dr. Arunprakash Karunanithi from the University of Colorado, Denver.

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Emissions Brazil Denver Israel 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

To complement its work on real-world emissions in Europe, TRUE has compiled remote sensing data from the states of Colorado and Virginia and the University of Denver to investigate the emissions of US light-duty vehicles. By 2018, the percentage of the fleet responsible for 50% of total NO emissions had decreased to 11%.

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Fleet Emissions EPA 2010 221

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin, and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research, is conducting a major field study to measure methane emissions from natural gas production, about which little empirical data exist. This study is unparalleled in its scope and approach.

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Austin Universal Texas Gas 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2015

The work, performed by postdoc Vinodkumar Etacheri, Professor Vilas Pol and undergraduate chemical engineering student Chulgi Nathan Hong, is being presented at the 249 th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Denver. Professor Vilas Pol suggested a pathway to do something useful with these peanuts.

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Li-ion Convert Batteries Battery 150

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 14, 2025

Chrysler began selling Mitsubishi Colt Galants with Dodge badging in North America all the way back in 1971, and the Colt stayed available here for nearly a quarter-century after that. Here's one of the very last Dodge Colt hatchbacks Americans could buy, found in a Denver-area self-service yard last year.

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Dodge Colorado Mitsubishi Denver 57

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The other zones encompassed the cities of New York, El Paso, and Denver. However, most long-duration storage technologies are either immature or not available everywhere. Therefore, long-duration energy storage provides power days or months after the electricity is generated. —William Livingood. Resources.

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Building El Paso Energy Tampa 186

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 17, 2025

The Dodge Rampage was based on the Omni 024 and was built for the 1982 through 1984 model years, while its Turismo-derived Plymouth Scamp sibling was available for just 1983. Despite being sold for just one year, the Plymouth Scamp has been easier for me to find in junkyards than the Turismo (which was available all the way through 1987).

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Colorado Chrysler Dodge Denver 57

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2015

As a pilot, in August 2014, Aclima instrumented three Google Street View vehicles to perform a month-long system test in the Denver metro area during the DISCOVER-AQ study conducted by NASA and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sample output from the Denver pilot. Click to enlarge.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 24, 2025

Eagle designed the RTT series A/C electric line of tow tractors with extensive input from GM operators, as well as safety and manufacturing engineers. Since we cannot direct electrons to specific loads, the microgrid will supply whatever demand exists, limited to its available output.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

billion have been made available for transit improvements throughout the US. billion available for highway, transit, bridge, rail, shipyard and airport construction and repairs nationwide. Denver Regional Transportation District, Colorado: $770,000. Denver Regional Transportation District, Colorado: $325,000.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here's a car trivia question for you: what engine name went on to become the designation for a body style and then a car model name in its own right? Starting in 1958, Ford's new MEL ( M ercury- E dsel- L incoln) big-block V8 engine was given the Marauder name when installed in Mercury models. The answer is, of course, Marauder.

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Mercury Colorado Denver St. Louis 109

The Truth About Cars

MAY 28, 2024

Still, there were four Fiat models available here during the first couple of years of the 1980s, including the mid-engined X1/9. Here's one of those cars, found in a car graveyard near Denver recently. The original engine in this one was a 1.5-liter liter SOHC straight-four, rated at 67 horsepower and 75.9 foot-pounds.

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Colorado Pininfarina United States Denver 104

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Therefore, available evidence suggests climate benefits from NG substitution for coal in the power sector over a 100-year assessment period. petroleum; SoCAB, South Coast Air Basin; LA, Los Angeles; DJ, Denver-Julesberg; UT, Utah; HF, hydraulic fracturing). Alvarez et al. Definitions of error bar bounds vary between studies. (US,

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Climate Transportation Fuel Coal 247

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

Today’s CNG announcement demonstrates UPS’ plans to expand use of widely available natural gas. —Mitch Nichols, UPS senior vice president of transportation and engineering. Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colo.; CNG is an important building block in our long-term fleet strategy and offers environmental and economic advantages.

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Fuel Building Alternative Fuels Oklahoma 150

The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This was the Chevy II/Nova, and I've found a late-production example in a Denver car graveyard. The engine in this car had been removed by the time I arrived. The base engine would have been a 250-cube straight-six; a 350ci small-block was available as well. Images: The Author.]

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Chevrolet Denver GM Iran 67

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Today's Junkyard Find is a sporty Sunbird coupe, found in a yard just south of Denver, Colorado. In 1988, five members of the J-Body family were available in the United States: the Cadillac Cimarron , Buick Skyhawk , Oldsmobile Firenza , Pontiac Sunbird , and Chevrolet Cavalier. This engine is a SOHC 2.0-liter

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South Korea Isuzu Denver Buick 104

The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2023

General Motors built cars on the N Platform and its derivatives from the 1985 through 2005 model years, and five-speed manual transmissions were available on various N-based machines throughout that time. liter pushrod V6 engine rated at 170 horsepower, but this 150-horse 2.4-liter liter Ecotec four-banger making 140 horses.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 11, 2022

His most recent venture, Insent , was a business-to-business chat platform based in Denver; it was acquired last year by software and data company ZoomInfo of Vancouver, Wash. Vibe collects data about companies from the Internet, organizes it into a searchable list, and makes it available to marketers and salespeople.

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Denver Personal India Chile 110

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This is the second Mazdaspeed6 I've found in a car graveyard, after a 2007 in a facility near Denver, Colorado. Some knowledgeable junkyard shopper grabbed the engine and transaxle out of this car, perhaps in order to swap it into a platform cousin such as the Mercury Milan. It was a very nervous 2.3-liter

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2006 Mazda Tulsa Mercury 104

The Truth About Cars

JULY 17, 2023

I think this van began its career as a work vehicle for a market or caterer in the Denver metropolitan region, then became an individual's personal transportation in later decades. The original engine was a 302-cubic-inch ( 5.0-liter Naturally, someone has installed tube headers on the engine. This one has the slider.

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Ford St. Louis Colorado Denver 97

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The upgrade will increase the availability of Redeem at the nation’s largest alternative fuel station in America’s largest port complex. Ruan is deploying trucks with new ultralow-NO x Cummins Westport engines with funding from California’s HVIP program, which provides incentives for cleaner and more efficient near-zero vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 2, 2023

From the time of the first KdF-Wagens until distressingly deep into the 1970s, Volkswagens had air-cooled engines in back and rode on goofy 1930s chassis designs. The closest I'd come was a '77 two-door in Denver , but then I hit pay dirt in a Northern California yard last week. That's when Pick-n-Pull got the call to drag it away.

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Teslarati

JULY 11, 2022

Initially, Hertz made its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles available in Atlanta, GA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, Orlando, FL, San Francisco, CA, and Washington D.C. Now, sixteen new cities are being added to the company’s locations that have Teslas available for rent : Albuquerque, New Mexico. Denver, Colorado.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

I've long thought that the "bustleback" 1980-1985 Cadillac Seville was even goofier-looking than those two, and I've found this '82 in a Denver-area car graveyard to share with you. liter diesel V8 was available as a Seville option, but the V8-6-4 was limo-only by 1982. The Oldsmobile 5.7-liter

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Cadillac Colorado Denver Buick 52

The Truth About Cars

JULY 10, 2023

Here's one of those cars, found in a Denver boneyard recently. This generation of LeBaron was sold for the 1977 through 1981 model years, and it was available as a coupe, sedan and wagon. The base engine was a 225-cubic-inch Slant-6 rated at 110 horsepower and 180 pound-feet.

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Chrysler Dodge Denver Cheap 98

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I've been writing about junkyardified cars here at TTAC since November of 2010, when I documented a pair of Fiat 128s in a Denver boneyard. Three numerals; the first indicated the series, the second the number of engine cylinders and the third the number of doors. If this is the original naturally-aspirated 2.3-liter

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Volvo Miles Denver California 109

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

Last week, a first-model-year Lark sedan showed up at a self-service yard just south of Denver , and I was there to document it in its final parking spot. Meanwhile, AMC would sell you a new '59 Rambler Rebel four-door sedan with a V8 engine for $2,228 ($23,189 after inflation). Six Flags over Texas opened in the summer of 1961.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 12, 2023

Finally, in a Denver-area boneyard , I found this battered '93 GXE sedan. We can assume that generous rebates and discounts were available on new '93 Stanza Altimas. The engine is a 2.4-liter It appears that no airbags were available on any first-year Stanza Altimas here. You'll find one in every car. You'll see.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

And he is taunting the authorities in Denver to fine the owner of the Tesla he found plugged in at the airport. In our far northern states, one often finds free power available in parking lots to plug in engine block warmers. Do you plug in your Tesla (or Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt)? Are you "stealing" power?

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Charging Volt Plug-in Plug 100

Electric Auto Association

APRIL 4, 2021

The Denver EAA chapter is still dedicated to its core mission nearly 50 years after its founding. Members of the Denver Electric Vehicle Council tour the Xcel Energy Cherokee power plant. Fifty years ago, there were no EVs available commercially. Most of us just did our own conversions. Air Force Academy. “We

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 6, 2025

This was the Chevrolet Beat, and I've managed to find an example in a Denver self-service car graveyard. This is by no means the first Mexican-market car I've found in a Denver-area yonke in recent years. The engine is a 1.2-liter Available in Ukraine as the Ravon R2/R4. Short answer: bought by a hedge fund.

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2018 Chevrolet Colorado South Korea 62

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But my favorite Junkyard Finds are obscure examples of what-could-they-have-been-thinking badge engineering , and today's truck has lived atop my wish list for nearly 15 years. The Suzuki Equator seems to be the most puzzling of them all , though, and now my decade-long search has unearthed one in a Denver-area car graveyard.

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Suzuki 2009 Colorado Isuzu 104

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard near Denver, Colorado. Meanwhile, the version of this engine sold in West Germany made 215 horsepower and 169 pound-feet. The real gray-market cowboys bought the even more powerful 500 SEL, which wasn't even available here until the 1984 model year.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Vega has been a junkyard rarity for decades now, but I just found six early Vegas all within a couple of rows of one another in a Denver self-service yard. The engine was this 140-cubic-inch (2.3-liter) liter engine until the 1974 model year). Today, we'll look at the only wagon of that group.

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Chevrolet GM Denver Buick 98

The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 2, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last Diamantes sold here, now residing in a Denver car graveyard. The engine is a 3.5-liter The Australian-market version of this car, the Magna, was available with all-wheel-drive. liter 6G74 V6, rated at 205 horsepower. The hot-rod VR-X got an additional five horses. Was it a runner?

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