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Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

Green Car Congress

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. In their study, Bishop et al. —Bishop et al. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman, Daniel A.

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The New Supersonic Boom

Cars That Think

Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. government established a Supersonic Transport Advisory Committee, which began discussions with international partners about building a supersonic airliner. Everett Collection/Alamy.

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A Critical Look at AI-Generated Software

Cars That Think

In 2005, faulty software for the US $176 million baggage-handling system at Denver International Airport forced the whole thing to be scrapped. Then, given a prompt from a person, they use a probabilistic approach to generate new text. Consider just a few of the more well-known software failures of the past two decades.

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Junkyard Find: 1972 Chevrolet Vega Kammback

The Truth About Cars

The Vega has been a junkyard rarity for decades now, but I just found six early Vegas all within a couple of rows of one another in a Denver self-service yard. Poisonous GM internal politics coupled with labor strife at the Vega's Lordstown assembly plant didn't help. Today, we'll look at the only wagon of that group.

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

Green Car Congress

Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. This technology stops the engine during idle when the brake pedal is held (such as when waiting at a red light). A Start/Stop system is standard for all Tiguan trims.

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