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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

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.& Location information was more accurate than a few years prior, given increasing civilian and corporate access to military-grade GPS information. & The first Guidestar test models in late 1994 were implemented in the San Jose, California area, distributed once again through Avis rental outlets. Let me know.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

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Then I learned that three Renault Dauphines had hit the regular inventory at the Pick-n-Pull in San Jose, California. Of all those companies, Renault was the only one to score big-time North American sales success. I hopped a 737 out there soon after. Peugeot stuck it out until 1991 , when the last new 405s hit American streets.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia GM is committed to putting the system in the Chevrolet Volt for sale by 2010, Lutz said. San Jose Mercury News ). Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Detroit Free Press ). Bloomberg News ).

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