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CARB approves updated regulations requiring most new small off-road engines be zero emission by 2024

Green Car Congress

Californians can continue to operate their current CARB-compliant gasoline-powered SORE equipment; there will be no ban on using older models or used equipment purchased in the future. Older models on store shelves can also be purchased even if they are gasoline-powered. Despite their small size, these engines are highly polluting.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas. Other Sprint models could be purchased with optional automatics that year. Driving a Sprint ER from Los Angeles to New York with three passengers sounds like a nightmare. A five-speed manual was mandatory equipment on the 1987 Sprint ER.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Now, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is showing off North America’s first electric fire engine from Austria-based Rosenbauer Group. The “Revolutionary Technology” (RT) concept fire truck first became a reality last year, when the LAFD purchased the truck for $1.2 Making History. However, the vehicle isn’t fully electric.

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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

Sales just topped a quarter-million with Tesla’s four models accounting for more than half of the overall sales. The EV’s homes are as might be expected, in the more populous and wealthier pockets of the San Francisco Bay Area and sprawling Los Angeles region stretching down to San Diego. The Role of Rebates.

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Coulomb Technologies to Provide 4,600 Free Home and Public Charging Stations Through ChargePoint America Program

Green Car Congress

ChargePoint America will provide 4,600 Level II (220 – 240 volts) public and private ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations by October 2011 to program participants in nine regions in the United States: Austin, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Orlando, Fla.; Sacramento, Calif.; and Washington DC.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

Amazon would announce that from now on, while users could continue to pay by credit card for purchases, they could also use a digital currency called amazons. (I Using amazons for purchases would give users a discount off the regular purchase price, maybe 2 percent. The first involves the Amazon platform.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

Cars That Think

The first node of the ARPANET was installed at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1969. SUNY Polytechnic Institute The hope for ENE was to provide demos as well as showcase products that were actually available for purchase. There is no indication that OSI is affecting purchase intent.” All the U.S.

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