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. There was a time when Mitsubishi dealers in North America offered just about every kind of car and light truck for sale. The Australian-market version of this car, the Magna, was available with all-wheel-drive. Are you in?

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 7, 2023

It was available here in sedan , coupe , hatchback , and wagon form… and as a pickup known as the BRAT. Today's Junkyard Find is a second-generation BRAT, found in a self-service yard between Denver and Cheyenne. Subaru sold the Leone in the United States from 1972 through 1994 , going through three generations in the process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

Studies show drivers encounter an average of 10 to 15 red lights and stop signs on a typical 20 mile commute, which can add 5 to 15 minutes of idle time and wasted gas. Some communities—such as Denver, Colo. Ford is making Auto Start-Stop available for non-hybrids in the US with the new 1.6-liter and Ann Arbor, Mich.—are

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2012

Gen4 Energy, based in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 2007, and is working in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory, under the DOE Technology Transfer program, to develop an advanced design nuclear reactor referred to as the Gen4 Module (G4M). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The program will roll out in two phases and focus on cities that have a presence of existing and potential autogas fleets, autogas fuel availability as well as available staff and resources from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). school buses, shuttle buses, medium and light duty trucks, etc.),

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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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

To understand where these vehicles will likely be sold, Pike Research created a geographic forecast model using a variety of inputs including population and demographic trends; affinity towards electric vehicles; and automakers’ intended availability of vehicles. of total light-duty vehicle sales in 2017. Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

Most large urban areas in the United States have already invested in some type of mass transit system (subway or light rail) and urban maglev poses a fundamental change in technology that is viewed as being both a major risk and cost-prohibitive by transit agencies and investors, according to the report.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

Today’s CNG announcement demonstrates UPS’ plans to expand use of widely available natural gas. Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colo.; Its fleet includes all-electric, hybrid electric, hydraulic hybrid, CNG, LNG, propane, biomethane and light-weight fuel-saving composite body vehicles. UPS plans to deploy new CNG vehicles in 15 cities.

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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. Includes replacement of lighting fixtures, control systems, and roof upgrades at selected facilities. The DOT is making $48.1 Of that, $26.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 11, 2023

In 2005, faulty software for the US $176 million baggage-handling system at Denver International Airport forced the whole thing to be scrapped. It may fail unexpectedly, have unanticipated consequences, or be vulnerable to attack, sometimes resulting in immense damage. Just be careful what you wish for.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US. Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. This technology stops the engine during idle when the brake pedal is held (such as when waiting at a red light).

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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 base transmission was this three-on-the-floor manual, a configuration that remained available in new American-market cars until 1981.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Using NVIDIA’s Material Definition Language—which simulates how light reflects and refracts off of actual materials—digital instrument clusters and infotainment systems can be customized with a wide range of virtual materials, from copper, titanium and brushed aluminum, to stitched leather and carbon fiber.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

For example, an area pest control company has pledged to buy up to 150 light weight plug-in trucks, once they are produced. Everything needed is available: the power trains, the gasoline engines, the computer systems, electric motors and batteries. They point to plug-ins as a critical part of the answer to a looming crisis.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

The City of Los Angeles is introducing the Go LA app, powered by Xerox, a solution that integrates all the available methods of getting around the second largest metro area in the United States. The Go LA app is now available for iOS and Android systems in the Apple and Google Play stores at www.golaapp.com.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2023

Leland is gradually losing his vision due to a congenital condition called retinitis pigmentosa , which slowly kills off the rods and cones that are the eyes’ light receptors. They used a light-sensitive material—selenium­—to create a device in the twenties called the optophone. Visual interpreters have been available for a while.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

At Chicago O’Hare International Airport, a tunnel of neon lights and mirrors by the artist Michael Hayden and the architect Helmut Jahn enlivens a subterranean passageway ( located after security in Terminal 1 between Concourses B and C). There are also bubble tubes, a sensory feature with glowing beads and bubbles constantly in motion.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H., Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., Santa Barbara, CA., Irvine, CA.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

In contrast to the “green light” for coal-to-NG substitution for power generation, the authors suggest that climate benefits from vehicle fuel substitution are uncertain (gasoline, light-duty) or improbable (diesel, heavy-duty). Alvarez et al. found benefits from NG use in transport at leakage rates below 1.7% A R Brandt et al.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 25, 2022

For countries that do curbside recycling, the number—called the recovery rate—appears to average around 70 to 90 percent, though widespread data isn’t available. Cardboard is rigid and light—it can glide over a series of mechanical camlike disks, while other, denser materials fall in between the disks. That doesn’t seem bad.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Some of these vehicles may be available for demonstrations using the available contact info. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. At this moment, options for individuals are still limited.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 28, 2021

While driving through Denver would typically be the most direct (and quickest) route, the blizzard will slow you down at best, or at worst result in an accident. The Internet instead needs stable, direct, speed-of-light communication, delivered by a dedicated network. Instead, it might make more sense to detour through Dallas.

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