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Junkyard Find: 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 Mystery Machine

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Ford and GM stuck with their B-Series competitors for similar spans. Ford's E-Series (best known as the Econoline) stayed about the same from the 1975 through 1991 model years, then lived on a version of the original chassis through 2014. The build tag says it was built at St.

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Boeing Begins Building Phantom Eye Hydrogen-Powered HALE Demonstrator

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The Boeing Company has begun to build Phantom Eye—its first unmanned, liquid-hydrogen powered, high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) demonstrator aircraft. The jig load assembly, model of a liquid-hydrogen engine and fuselage skins for Boeing’s Phantom Eye demonstrator in St. Tags: Brief. and in Seattle. Boeing photo.

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Junkyard Find: 1972 Ford Econoline "BIG CHEESE"

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Perhaps it started out in St. Louis or Salt Lake City and moved to Colorado after its delivery days were over. The build tag says it was built at the Lorain plant in Ohio. The owner of Rosen-Novak Ford came to a bad end two decades ago. The new Ford Econoline carries everything… including the kitchen sink.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Large automakers based in Michigan, including GM, Chrysler, and Ford, will receive a total of more than $400 million to manufacture thousands of advanced hybrid and electric vehicles as well as batteries and electric drive components. Ford Motor Company. Manufacturing: Warren, MI and St. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets.

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