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

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When it comes to junkyard cars with impressively high final odometer numbers, Toyotas , Hondas , Volvos and Mercedes-Benzes seem to be the most likely to have driven better than 400,000 miles during their lives. Well, today's Junkyard Find is the highest-mile discarded Fuji Heavy Industries product I've ever found. How about Subaru?

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EPA to maintain light-duty vehicle GHG standards unchanged through 2025

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In an expected ruling, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy finalized her decision to maintain the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model years 2022-2025 cars and light trucks. Top: Footprint-based CO 2 (g/mile) light truck standards curves. Earlier post.)

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Great Britain and the United States show the same pattern of recent changes in vehicle distance traveled

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I documented recent changes in distance traveled per person for cars and light trucks in the United States in a study published last month.). The years examined were 1993 through 2018. Because British and U.S. statistics segment road vehicles differently, the data are for all road vehicles. (I

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DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

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C2G emissions are a sum of WTW emissions and emissions associated with vehicle manufacturing.

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SAE publishes SAE J2601 standard to harmonize H2 fueling of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles worldwide

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SAE J2601 enables fast refueling for all light-duty fuel cell vehicles. SAE has published the J2601 standard, “Fueling Protocols for Light Duty Gaseous Hydrogen Surface Vehicles”, the light duty hydrogen fueling protocol which will serve as a baseline for the first generation of infrastructure for refueling Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEVs).

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DOE to award up to $6M for collecting light-duty fuel cell vehicle performance and durability data

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is soliciting ( DE-FOA-0000625 ) projects for up to $6 million in awards to collect performance and durability data for light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) operated in real-world conditions.

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Rivian’s $5 billion U.S. plant has Fort Worth, TX as frontrunner

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Rivian did not shed any light on what areas it was considering for the second plant, but new documents have been uncovered that reveal the company is likely to land on a 2,000-acre land plot in Fort Worth near Walsh Ranch. Involvement in these processes does not indicate a final decision.” Paid back in 8.1