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Volvo Cars, in cooperation with Starbucks Corporation, announced the first Starbucks stores where new electric vehicle (EV) chargers, powered by ChargePoint, will be available to customers and members of the public. Four chargers at the first Starbucks location in Provo, Utah (East Bay – University & 9 th , 979 S University Ave.)
Colorado start-up Lightning Hybrids will unveil the prototype of its hydraulic hybrid four-seat sports sedan at the Denver Auto Show 1-5 April. The car will average 100 miles to the gallon and will be able to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than six seconds. This will also mark the public debut for the hydraulic hybrid drivetrain.
Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;
Hertz Electrifies is launching in Denver, Colorado in partnership with Mayor Michael B. Hertz is proud to launch Hertz Electrifies in partnership with the city of Denver, which is fast becoming a center for sustainability under the leadership of Mayor Michael Hancock. Electric vehicles are poised to transform the future of mobility.
The remaining cities included Denver, Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Phoenix. It reflects the available government support, consumer acceptance, and the opportunity for EVs to provide the maximum benefits possible from electric drive. Rounding out the top ten were Newark, Seattle and Atlanta. —Richard Canny. Sacramento.
Today we fix that, with a foursome of distressed Chevrolet FC95 Corvairs in an old-timey boneyard about 30 miles north of Denver, Colorado. Speedway is a couple of miles east of Interstate 25 and sprawls over a large expanse of High Plains land, with a nice view of Longs Peak to the southwest.
Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Range is targeted to be 100 miles (161 km) on a full charge. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.;
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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The ride-hailing operator Lyft last Thursday launched a program that makes 200 fully electric vehicles available to its drivers in the Denver market. The entire lot of vehicles consists of the Kia Niro EV—a vehicle model that has an EPA-rated 239-mile range and isn’t yet available in Colorado.
While maglev trains are in use throughout the world, those systems are primarily high-speed test environment systems where speeds reach in excess of 250 miles per hour.
Meanwhile, it has accelerated its car-sharing expansion in the United States, with service now available in Washington, D.C., Portland, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Columbus, Ohio and Austin, Texas. Free2move also operates car sharing in Europe (Paris and Madrid). million users.
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. This is one of those cars, having averaged 8,186 miles for every one of its 40 years. Since then, we've seen plenty of discarded Volvos here, but no Volvo 200 Series four-door sedans!
Maven Reserve is available now in Los Angeles and San Francisco with plans to expand to other cities. and Canada: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; Jersey City, New Jersey; Nashville, Tennessee; New York City; Orlando, Florida; Phoenix; San Diego; San Francisco; Washington, D.C.;
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.
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. TSI EA888 Gen3 B-Cycle (Budack-cycle, earlier post ), coupled with an 8-speed automatic. Driver-Assistance Systems.
Each bus can travel approximately 230 miles on a charge, and it takes four hours to fully recharge the bus. Since we cannot direct electrons to specific loads, the microgrid will supply whatever demand exists, limited to its available output.
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. Los Angeles’ Mobility Plan 2035 calls for hundreds of miles of bike and bus-only lanes to be added to city streets over the next two decades.
These vehicles take currently available gasoline-hybrid vehicles to the next level, allowing drivers to plug them in for a few hours to charge the batteries and then drive emissions free solely on electric power for 35-60 miles. The cost of charging the battery of a PHEV is estimated to be just 50-75 cents per gallon equivalent.
Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. Sites will be, on average, about 66 miles apart, with no more than 120 miles between stations, meaning many shorter range ZEVs available today will be able to use this network.
Today’s CNG announcement demonstrates UPS’ plans to expand use of widely available natural gas. When the deployments are completed, UPS anticipates its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet will continue to log more than 350 million miles (563 million km) per year, supporting the company’s goal of driving one billion miles (1.6
Broadly speaking, the researchers found that e-scooter riders suffered injuries more frequently per mile traveled than bicyclists, but bicyclists were 3 times as likely as scooter riders to be hit by motor vehicles. The rest were running errands or riding for fun or a social trip.
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. The final mileage total was an impressive 268,392 miles.
The DSO code of 51 shows that it was sold out of the Denver sales office. Built in Missouri, probably shipped to Colorado by train, then sold new in Greeley, located about 60 miles north of Denver and the site of a famous Utopian community during the late 19th century.
The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.
The General's Oldsmobile Division reached a high-water mark of sorts for the 1991 model year, with 11 distinct models available. Only 88,521 miles at the end. The highest-mile Oldsmobile I've ever found in a car graveyard was a 1986 Calais with 363,033 miles , by the way. That explains the low miles.
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. It appears that no airbags were available on any first-year Stanza Altimas here. The original Altima was the replacement for the U12 Bluebird -derived Stanza here.
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. We began with displays in shopping malls.
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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. Air conditioning was available as well, for a stunning $325 extra ($3,383 in current bucks). You never know what you'll learn from a Junkyard Find !
Today's Junkyard Find is one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard near Denver, Colorado. The real gray-market cowboys bought the even more powerful 500 SEL, which wasn't even available here until the 1984 model year. I've also found (what was almost certainly) a gray-market W108 proto-S-Class. This car has one.
French cars and extreme-high-mile machinery are on my list, of course, plus Sawzall roadsters / pickups , art cars and oddball special editions. 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.
One of Fiats methods to try to get into compliance was to sell as many cute, tiny, electric Fiat 500es as possible in California and Oregon, the only states it was available in at the time. Fiat 500e for $0/mo, $0 down (+tax) in Denver One dealership in Colorado, Larry H. Millers site.
The Denver e-bike voucher program regularly offers new tranches of vouchers at specific intervals throughout the year, with local residents eagerly awaiting the chance to log in and sign up to hopefully receive a coveted voucher. At the highest level, rebates for up to $1,400 off the price of an electric bicycle are available.
The 2025 Toyota bZ4X is available with a $10,000 discount, and the model has yet to hit dealerships. 2025 Toyota bZ4X is available with a $10,000 discount Although the new model is expected to arrive by the end of the year, Toyota isnt waiting to pile on the discounts. For AWD, prices start at $45,150 with up to 228 miles range.
This is a late second-generation MX-6, sporting some not-so-fast but reasonably furious early-21st-century customization touches and now residing in a Denver-area junkyard. The 626 had been available here in coupe form prior to the 1988 model year, but the two-door version was given the MX-6 name while the 626 became a sedan-only model.
Here's one of the first Sportages brought to our shores, found in a yard south of Denver, Colorado. The 1995 Sportage was available in the United States with standard part-time four-wheel-drive; for 1996, Sportage buyers here could choose between front- and four-wheel-drive.
Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. miles per kWh) for the expected future fleet of new EVs, including current EV units in operation. The stations will be compatible with EVs from all major brands, not just those produced by Volkswagen Group brands.
We'll fix that today, with this painfully clean W124 wagon found in a boneyard just south of Denver. This Benz is a full decade older than that church-on-Sundays/oil-change-every-1000-miles Honda and looks damn near as nice. Most five-year-old street cars don't have interiors this clean! Just ask European taxi drivers.
Then, content delivery networks (CDNs) like Akamai and Cloudflare democratized data caching by putting commonly requested data, such as images and videos, into data centers and servers closer to the "last mile" to the ultimate users. Instead, it might make more sense to detour through Dallas.
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The El Camino cartruck was still available then (and would remain so through 1987), and started at $7,995 ($26,583 now) as a 1982 model. Three optional trim levels were available for the 1982-1983 S-10: Durango , Tahoe and Sport. However, other engines were available: a 2.0-liter Is that 36,871 miles or 436,871 miles?
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