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GM Defense awarded $214.3M contract to produce Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle; based on 2020 Colorado with 2.8L diesel

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GM Defense’s solution to the Army’s next-generation transportation needs is based off the 2020 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 midsize truck architecture and leverages 90% commercial off-the-shelf parts. Duramax turbo-diesel engine, and six-speed automatic transmission.

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FHWA awards Colorado $30M for CNG fueling stations

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These stations will help ensure an NGV owner can drive nearly anywhere across the state fueled by Colorado-produced gas. —Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. The CMAQ funds received approval through a vote by the Colorado Transportation Commission. In 2011, Hickenlooper and Oklahoma Gov. The MAP-21 provides just over $2.2

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Junkyard Find: 1995 Subaru Legacy L Wagon with 366,223 miles

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I live in Colorado, where Subarus are everywhere and the car graveyards are well-stocked with everything from early Leones to mangled WRXs , so I find a lot of these cars. These days, the most common Colorado junkyard Subarus are members of the Legacy family, mostly Outback wagons of the late 1990s through middle 2000s.

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Lightning Systems receives California ARB Executive Order for the Transit Bus Repower powertrain

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Lightning’s first Transit Bus Repower powertrain was deployed in a 2004 30-foot GILLIG bus and has been on the road with a transit operator in Colorado for the past 9 months. —Tyler Yadon, director of engineering, Lightning Systems. Lightning Electric Repowered Gillig bus. —Tim Reeser, Lightning Systems CEO.

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Lightning Systems using predictive analytics to calculate vehicle fleet fuel consumption and tailpipe emissions

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Engineers from Colorado-based Lightning Systems are using artificial neural networks to predict accurately the fuel economy and tailpipe emissions of fleet vehicles. LightningAnalytics is a predictive analytics system that helps fleets monitor vehicle maintenance and track routes, thereby decreasing fuel usage and emissions.

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ARPA-E awarding $33M to 10 projects for natural gas pipeline retrofitting: REPAIR

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University of Colorado, Boulder. The University of Colorado Boulder will lead a multi-institutional team to develop a data-driven framework of physical testing and modeling to enable the gas industry to better evaluate products to rehabilitate cast iron and steel natural gas pipes and enhance their performance and longevity.

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GM introduces two new diesels to power midsize pickups

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When the new Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup rolls out in the Asia-Pacific region this fall, it will introduce a new global family of Duramax turbo-diesel engines, available in 2.8L The Colorado made its global debut in Thailand today.). Engine production started in September in Thailand. displacements.

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