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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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Starting in 1958, Ford's new MEL ( M ercury- E dsel- L incoln) big-block V8 engine was given the Marauder name when installed in Mercury models. Most accounts of the origin of the Montclair name state that it was derived from the name of the closest affluent town to Ford's Mahwah Assembly plant in New Jersey.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest is installing APUs on locomotive switch engines and replacing 12 diesel refuse haulers with CNG haulers. Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management is repowering two unregulated fishing boats each with a new Tier 3 engine. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) will receive funding to purchase Proterra 35-foot, battery electric, zero emission buses with a capitalized lease for the electric battery and to install electric charging stations at the Sylmar/San Fernando Valley and Downtown Bus Facilities. New Jersey Transit.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

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In this clip from his oral history, Ivan describes a surplus Sperry P4 military gunsight computer that his father installed in the family kitchen: Ivan Sutherland on the surplus Navy computer that his parents installed in the kitchen. Now, Clark envisioned an entirely new approach to computer design.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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government support for EVs comes in the form of tax rebates, incentives, and state and local pilot programs designed to ease the costs for both businesses and individuals looking to install charging stations and other equipment. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois. At the moment, the majority of U.S. Already, the U.S.