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Used Car of the Day: 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser TRD

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This San Diego-based ride has a supercharged 4.0-liter liter engine with 133,000 miles on it, CARB-legal JBA headers, a stainless-steel cat-back exhaust system, a TRD front-brake kit, a TRD cold-air intake, OEM rear locker, and new coils and plugs. So today we're featuring a 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser TRD.

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CARB settles with American Honda Motor for $6.9M for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines

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Honda failed these tests demonstrating evaporative emissions of gasoline above the legal limit. Honda’s engines failed to meet the 24-hour evaporative standards determined by testing engines while cycling from typical night-to-day temperatures found in California. Small off-road engines are a major source of pollution in California.

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BP to Acquire Vereniums Cellulosic Biofuels Business for $98.3M; Verenium retaining Enzyme Business

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BP and Verenium Corporation announced an agreement for BP Biofuels North America to acquire Verenium’s cellulosic biofuels business, including the facilities in Jennings, LA and San Diego, CA, for $98.3 The ability to transition out of the San Diego, CA facility over the next two years. million payment from BP; $10.8

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Hyundai, Kia nonetheless below prison force next settling lawsuit over automobile thefts

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The municipalities, together with San Diego, Calif.; California Lawyer Normal Rob Bonta, at the side of 17 alternative environment legal professionals basic, are placing force on NHTSA to factor a recall of the affected automobiles. and Rochester, N.Y.,

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DOE Turns Down V-Vehicle Loan Applications

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San Diego, Ca-based V-Vehicle Company (VVC) ( earlier post ) has been informed that the Program Office of the US Department of Energy (DOE) will not recommend approval of VVC’s two loan applications for $321.1 million from the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVMLP). The second was for $241.2

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For Greener Manufacturing, Think IAQ

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A study by the University of San Diego Burnham-Morse Center for Real Estate estimates that worker productivity gains with improved indoor air quality average $5,204 per worker. Click to enlarge. Indoor air quality has been shown to have significant impacts on both worker productivity and product quality in factory environments.

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Battle of the (Anti-Nausea) Bands

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Though the architecture of the app does not mandate the company seek FDA regulatory approval from a legal standpoint, Bucklin said they will still need to figure out how to offer compelling evidence it works and works well. Sense Relief's progress may be a bellwether of the ambiguous way digital therapeutics wend their way into a market.