Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

And he is taunting the authorities in Denver to fine the owner of the Tesla he found plugged in at the airport. In our far northern states, one often finds free power available in parking lots to plug in engine block warmers. Do you plug in your Tesla (or Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt)? Are you "stealing" power? Solar Dave thinks you are.

Charging

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Here's one of those first-year Mazdafied Escorts, found in a Denver-area car graveyard. Though the second-generation North American Escort was a Mazda Protegé under the skin, Ford held onto the good old UK-developed CVH straight-four engine , a crypto-OHC design that displaced 1.9 liters in this application.

Ford

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

With the premiere of pre-production models of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL, Daimler also presented its latest generation fuel cell technology: 30% smaller, 40% more power and with a size that now fits into the engine compartment of Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles.

Fuel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2019

These include hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric engines, and related infrastructure investments such as charging stations. The Denver Regional Transit District will receive funds for electric vehicles, charging stations, and infrastructure upgrades. Thirty-eight projects in 38 states will each receive funding through the program.

Tulsa

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 12, 2023

Finally, in a Denver-area boneyard , I found this battered '93 GXE sedan. The engine is a 2.4-liter We can assume that this is the result of so many years of ex-fleet Altimas being dumped into the market after full depreciation, coupled with a general sense of utter dysfunction in Nissan HQ.

Nissan

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

Nothing has to be invented to produce a plug-in hybrid vehicle,” says Dr. Andrew Frank, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California at Davis and Director of the UCD Hybrid Electric Research Center. EV world NATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO URGE AUTOMAKERS TO PRODUCE PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES WASHINGTON, D.C.—January

Nickel Metal Hydride

Cars That Think

AUGUST 21, 2022

Today, the people who design prostheses tend to be well-intentioned engineers rather than amputees themselves. In my lifetime, myoelectric hands have evolved from clawlike constructs to multigrip, programmable, anatomically accurate facsimiles of the human hand, most costing tens of thousands of dollars. Prosthetics in the Real World.

United States

The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 27, 2025

We'll fix that today, with this painfully clean W124 wagon found in a boneyard just south of Denver. That was about five years ago, and that car has burned through the cost of several good W124s for repairs since then. The engine was this DOHC 3.2-liter So, back to today's Junkyard Find! 51,200 ($110,527 after inflation).

Mercedes

Electric Auto Association

MARCH 4, 2022

The Lucid Air is lauded for efficiency BY Gordon Hrodda, Member of Denver Electric Vehicle Council. It has triple the power density of the best Tesla equivalent and represents a staggering improvement over an internal combustion engine vehicle. Lucid Air power train. (An Ditto for the GM Hummer.

F-150

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 3, 2024

The Durango was the cheapest of the three, adding $334 ($1,111 today) to the cost of a 1983 regular-cab S-10. However, other engines were available: a 2.0-liter It turned out to be a rollover victim with the drivetrain already yanked out, but it was a recognizable early S-10 and that was good enough. That's what we've got here.

Durango

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Without an engine up front, there is a front trunk/frunk for stashing smaller items. It’s about expanding EV fun This obviously was not enough for Hyundai engineers and designers. Other areas that are near the great outdoors, such as Denver, Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City, are key markets.

Hyundai

Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

Its costs have been projected as high as US $23 trillion in reduced annual global economic output , according to Swiss Re, a reinsurance company. Engineers and technologists can and should play major roles in creating a greener planet, creating tools that address environmental degradation.

Climate Change

The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Here's a second-year example of the Excel, found in a Denver car graveyard. The engine is a 1.5-liter With the automatic transmission (which added $420, or $1,191 in today's dollars, to the cost of the car), this would have been a miserably slow machine. liter Mitsubishi-derived straight-four, rated at 68 horsepower.

Hyundai

Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

While the Concorde successfully overcame the technical hurdles standing in the way of supersonic passenger service, it succumbed to economics: The cost of fuel and maintenance was especially high for these planes. The best-funded of this group is Denver-based Boom Technology (which also goes by the trade name Boom Supersonic).

Oklahoma City

Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

Reasons for the falling prices include increased airplane capacity — the number of seats on a given route — and a drop in the cost of jet fuel. International airfare departing from the United States is up 10 percent for 2024 compared with 2023, according to Kayak , a travel search engine. But airline capacity, Ms.

Egypt