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A Practical Car Care Guide for Your College Car

Clean Fleet Report

” The car also needs a methodical approach Know Your Car Manual Like a college textbook, the owner’s manual of a car serves as a valuable reference created by car manufacturers to assist you in comprehending the inner workings of your vehicle. Emergency Kit. Learn Basic Repairs.

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US Senators Introduce Bill to Expand Incentives for Natural Gas Vehicles

Green Car Congress

The bill includes a “Sense of the Senate” provision that the Environmental Protection Agency should streamline the process for certification of natural gas vehicle retrofit kits. Allows state and local governmental entities to issue tax exempt bonds in order to finance natural gas vehicle projects.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

For reference, a typical lead acid battery can survive 500-800 cycles while 2,800 cycles is almost 8 years of use assuming one cycle a day. Valence’s Saphion technology, commercially introduced in 2002, refers to the processes and materials used in developing the novel patented lithium iron magnesium phosphate cathode materials.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form. Collaboration with several universities has led to a kit for integrating new chips into working computer systems.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Both cars will be subject to the new CARB rules, but GM and Toyota should have no problem affording the rigorous tests or financing the warranty requirements. This high-pollution moment is referred to as a cold start. But catalytic converters only work well when they’re warm, and they warm up when the engine turns on.

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