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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

What was the cheapest new four-door car available in the United States for the 1992 model year? That's $16,435 in 2024 dollars, which says a lot about how much more you get with the cheapest available new four-door right now. You could buy versions of this car all the way through 2017 in Pakistan. It was today's Junkyard Find !

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Pike Research forecasts annual global sales of light-duty natural gas vehicles to reach 3.2M in 2019

Green Car Congress

Although Pakistan also has a large fleet of NGVs, its market has been volatile as the government looks to reduce strains on the country’s NG supplies, according to the report. market largely consists of fleet purchasers rather than individual consumers. Light-duty NGVs typically run on compressed natural gas (CNG) because the tanks.

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MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation

Green Car Congress

More than 70% of all NGVs and one-half of all fuelling stations can be found in just five countries: Pakistan, Iran, Argentina, Brazil and India. Another barrier is the higher purchase price or conversion cost. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

Cars That Think

According to Alchemie, purchasing one or several Endeavours (they will cost about a million pounds — about U.S. Alchemie Technology also has joint development projects with several major brands (names not available due to NDA) whose suppliers test the quality, performance, and savings of this new way of dyeing textiles.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

Plug In India

Plus I had purchased bananas, oranges and musk melon outside the railway station. Unfortunately no rice was available, but I enjoyed the dal-roti. Enterprising hunters in Afghanistan and Pakistan were the possible cause for a change in migration routes. The wind gods from Pakistan were doing their best to slow us down.

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