The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While new air-cooled Beetles remained available here through 1979, sales of those relics fell off a cliff while the revolutionary new hatchback became an instant sales hit on our continent. 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.

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Denver North America California Light 105

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. This oil-change sticker shows that it was still in Pennsylvania in 1993. The engine is a 1.8-liter

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Pennsylvania New Jersey New Zealand Denver 98

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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Companies Energy Denver Colorado 225

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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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

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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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

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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Nickel Metal Hydride EPRI Plug-in Austin 100

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. What did help, though, was the Yom Kippur War and resulting OPEC oil embargo in the fall of 1973. Today, we'll look at the only wagon of that group.

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Chevrolet GM Denver North America 98