The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Our nameless reviewer felt , back in 2006, that the Vue's panel gaps made it the "automotive equivalent of a shotgun shack" and calculated that the Green Line version would require 90,000 miles of driving with $2.15/gallon liter engine and automatic). A 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in a Colorado wrecking yard.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2021

The Lightning Electric Transit commercial van is a purpose-built Class 3 commercial electric vehicle that is available in several popular configurations such as last-mile cargo vans, passenger vans, shuttle buses, ambulances, school buses and RVs. Lightning eMotors anticipates annual production of up to 3,000 vehicles by 2023.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard near Denver, Colorado. I'd found several discarded gray-market W126s in Colorado car graveyards before spotting this one, including a 1980 280 SEL , a 1980 500 SE and a 1983 500 SEC. 1981 Mercedes-Benz W126 in Colorado wrecking yard.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Engineering Center (TARDEC) are modifying a Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup truck to run on a commercial hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system and will expose the truck to the extremes of daily military use for 12 months. —Charlie Freese, executive director of GM’s Global Fuel Cell Engineering activities.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here's a car trivia question for you: what engine name went on to become the designation for a body style and then a car model name in its own right? Starting in 1958, Ford's new MEL ( M ercury- E dsel- L incoln) big-block V8 engine was given the Marauder name when installed in Mercury models. The answer is, of course, Marauder.

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Mercury Colorado Denver St. Louis 111

The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The interior in this van is so nice that I thought it might be a church-on-Sundays-only 50,000-mile vehicle, but in fact it had 165,920 miles on the clock at the end. liter straight-four engine or Mitsubishi 3.0-liter four-cylinder engine. 1991 Dodge Grand Caravan LE in Colorado wrecking yard. It's the Magic Wagon.

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Dodge Colorado Chrysler Minivan 80

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2016

Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

This all-electric prototype racing car will compete in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on 24 June in Colorado. The international Pikes Peak Hill Climb, also known as the “Race to the Clouds”, has been held since 1916 near Colorado Springs in the Rocky Mountains. Volkswagen has named its latest motorsport project the I.D.

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All-Electric Colorado Electric Electrical 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The Lightning Electric Transit Bus Repower is available for order now with delivery in six months and offers a range of up to 200 miles (depending on the configuration). 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.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This car made it to nearly 200,000 miles, but most of its Van Nuys-built siblings didn't hold together quite so well. That may even be the very same engine we see here, but Camaros have traditionally received engine swaps early and often and I didn't feel like getting filthy looking for block casting numbers, so we can't know for sure).

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Chevrolet Denver Colorado GM 105

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

Lightning Hybrids , a maker of hydraulic hybrid systems for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses ( earlier post ), released initial results from emissions testing conducted by an independent testing facility in Colorado of two medium-duty trucks upfitted with the Lighting Hybrids system. stops/mile and 17% idle time. mph), low 2.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

The first demonstration vehicle will be on the road this summer and will give the bus more than 200 miles of all-electric range. Tyler Yadon, director of engineering at Lightning Systems, said that the vehicle will have a 257 kWh battery pack coupled with a 220 kW traction motor with a 2-speed transmission.

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Convert Diesel Batteries Battery 320

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2017

After an absence from the event of more than 30 years, Volkswagen is developing an all-electric race car for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado on 24 June 2018. Volkswagen Motorsport last participated in the Pikes Peak mountain race in 1987 with a twin-engined Golf which barely missed finishing. The race course is 12.4

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2022

First spotted by members of the r/TeslaMotors subreddit, Permit/Case 2022-092836 SP deals with the “Colorado River Connector Tunnel,” with an address for the project listed as 12733 Tesla Road, Austin, Texas, 78725. registered for industrial space at 15709 Impact Way in Pflugerville, just 20 miles away from Gigafactory Texas.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

Along with the Renault technology that made the design and production of the Alliance , Encore , and Eagle Premier possible, American Motors also got François Castaing , the brilliant Renault engineer who became the mastermind behind the XJ Cherokee. liter four-cylinder , a couple of diesels, and even the 2.8-liter liter GM 60° V6.

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2001 Jeep Wyoming Colorado 98

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

liter V-8 compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-capable engines starting in the first quarter of 2017. V-8 engine with hardened valves and valve seats to PSI, which in turn will install the fuel system and other hardware and ship directly to Chevrolet and GMC dealers in all 50 states. B20-capable diesel.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Today's Junkyard Find is a sporty Sunbird coupe, found in a yard just south of Denver, Colorado. This engine is a SOHC 2.0-liter The final mileage total was an impressive 268,392 miles. The SE and GT Sunbirds for 1988 got these partially concealed headlights with retractable "eyelids." This back seat doesn't look so comfortable.

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South Korea Isuzu Denver Buick 105

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

Chevrolet offers the industry’s broadest lineup of B20-capable diesel propulsion for fleet, commercial and retail customers, including: Express full-size vans; Silverado HD full-size pickups; the Colorado mid-size pickup; the Low Cab Forward commercial truck; the 2017 Cruze compact car and the 2018 Equinox compact crossover. Coupled with a 1.6L

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GM GMC Silverado Chevrolet 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2015

ConocoPhillips has been testing ROUSH CleanTech propane vehicles in the field since 2011, logging thousands of miles in northwest New Mexico and southwest Colorado. Each propane autogas truck emits about 67,000 fewer pounds of carbon dioxide emissions over its lifetime than a gasoline powered vehicle.

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Convert New Mexico Colorado Mexico 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Audi has conducted research over tens of thousands of miles in Europe and various US states, where such testing is permitted. ERL engineers are working on a wide range of automated driving issues, including human-machine interface prompts that indicate when the human or the vehicle are handling driving functions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

In preparation for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2018, the Volkswagen Motorsport team has engineered the aerodynamics of the I.D. The goal at the race, which takes place on 24 June in Colorado Springs, CO, is to break the record in the class for electric prototypes, which currently stands at 8:57.118 minutes. R Pikes Peak.

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Wind Electric Electrical Colorado 207

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

REPAIR teams are developing technologies to address deficiencies while also working toward a 10-to-20-times reduction in cost per mile. More than 60,000 miles of cast iron and bare steel gas distribution pipelines are still in service. University of Colorado, Boulder. Selected projects are: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2023

15 years later, though, E30s have become fairly rare in junkyards, so this fairly complete 325es in a Colorado yard caught my eye a few weeks back. lb/hp power-to-weight ratio thanks to its screaming V6 engine, great Italian looks and a sticker price of only $16,500 ($45,441 today). liter straight-six.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

liter engine, five-speed automated manual transmission, 150 kW electric machine, and an 18.9 Teams also spent several days presenting to judges and proving how they have developed into the next generation of engineers and business leaders who are prepared to enter the auto industry and related careers. kWh energy storage system.

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Teslarati

MARCH 23, 2022

” Ford took the F-150 Lightning and 10,000-pound loaded trailers to Colorado’s I-70, which recorded its coldest day in February in Boulder in 123 years as temperatures sunk to -2° F near the Eisenhower Tunnel. This route was eight miles long, and ascends at a 7 percent incline to a maximum elevation of 11,158 feet.

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F-150 Climate Ford Las Vegas 98

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2010

synthetic RenDiesel fuel—a Fischer-Tropsch fuel—flawlessly completed the 1,000-mile (1,600 km) ‘Eureka! The RenDiesel fuel used on this drive was produced from natural gas at Rentech’s demonstration plant in Colorado. Audi reported that two Audi A3 TDI models running on Rentech, Inc. Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 1, 2023

In 1931, Buick introduced the world to its first big sedan with an eight-cylinder engine (which wasn't a V8 but did have overhead valves ) driving the rear wheels. Buick and Oldsmobile buyers had long been resigned to getting engines from lesser GM divisions under their hoods by the time this car was new, and it has the same Chevy 350 aka 5.7-liter

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In recent years as EVs have become more mainstream and their financial benefits have become more obvious through years of operation, Police Departments across the globe have decided to ditch one or two of their combustion engine vehicles in favor of fully electric models.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

mile) route—which includes 156 bends with a change in altitude of 1439 meters (4,721 feet)—in just 11.37 The C 300 d is powered by a four-cylinder diesel engine with fourth-generation common rail direct injection featuring piezo injectors, two-stage turbocharging and exhaust gas recirculation. l/100 km) highway.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 7, 2023

This made it a sales hit in snowy, mountainous Colorado. Just a bit over 150,000 miles on the odometer at the end. The highest-mile junkyard Subaru I've documented so far was a 1993 Impreza with 319,554 miles. The engine is a 1.8-liter This one was in pretty good condition when its career ended.

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Pennsylvania New Jersey New Zealand Denver 98

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The Electrification Coalition released two case studies outlining how two cities— Houston, Texas and Loveland, Colorado —are saving money by using electric vehicles (EVs) in their vehicle fleets. Through seven months of operation, the two vehicles have traveled 4,000 and 2,000 miles respectively. Earlier post.).

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Houston Fleet Tax Credit Plug-in 312

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

UPS has deployed more than 4,400 natural gas vehicles and a network of fueling stations, said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. The company has driven more than one billion miles since 2000 with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. million gallons of renewable natural gas.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 16, 2024

The Ioniq 5 N blurs the traditional look of a crossover and hatchback, so-much-so that we are calling it a hatchback, while Hyundai has entered it as a crossover in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb , which takes place June 23, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. miles and 11 turns. A blur in many ways What Is N?

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Hyundai All-Electric Lithium Ion Volt 60

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The company said that the complexity of the engineering solution will determine how many vehicles return to service. million miles of service in various conditions, from high-altitude Colorado to Arizona’s desert. Chrysler has not yet announced either a new chemistry or a battery partner. The fleet accumulated more than 1.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

UPS is working to meet its goal of logging one billion miles with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet by the end of 2017, using a Rolling Laboratory approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions to meet the unique needs of route-specific driving environments.

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El Paso Gas San Antonio Fort Worth 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2016

The data identified the road’s structure, including the materials beneath the pavement, and included GPS coordinates on every crack, rut, and bump in California’s 50,000 lane-mile system. If we can save 2 million tons of CO 2 per year, at the aggregate level, this becomes extremely important in a low-carbon economy.”. “If

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MIT California Fuel Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Households with plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) and smart meters actively managed how, when and where they charged their cars based on electricity rates but rarely took advantage of online feedback, according to a two-year study by a team at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute ( RASEI ).

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