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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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If we're talking about realistic Metro competitors here, the base 1992 Ford Festiva actually managed to undercut the price tag on the cheapest possible Metro two-door hatchback that year: $6,911 versus $6,999. The good news is that it has electronic fuel injection and an overhead camshaft. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

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As you know from having admired the discarded 1994 Diamante Wagon we saw last June , the long-roof Diamantes were sold here for the 1993 through 1995 model years and they were built in Australia (the sedans were built in Japan). Was it a runner? We can't know. Are you in? 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Datsun 200SX Coupe

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In fact, just three have done so: a 1986 200SX , a 1987 Maxima and a 1994 Maxima. There's some not-so-serious rust and graffiti tagging, but the body is mostly solid and the interior looks decent. Not many Nissans have made my honor roll of junkyard vehicles with better than 300,000 miles.

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South Africa Revitalizes Efforts on Automotive Li-ion Batteries

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Engineering News. CSIR terminated its investment in lithium battery research in 1992, and in 1994, Thackeray left CSIR to join Argonne National Laboratory in the US. Tags: Brief. Michael Thackeray, whose work in the 1980s led to the discovery of lithium-metal-oxide electrode materials with a spinel-type structure.

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Study: Ethanol not harming older vehicles

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However, a new study by Ricardo for the Renewable Fuels Association suggests that the E15 blend that is standard at US pumps should not adversely affect vehicles manufactured from 1994-2000. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news E10 E15 effects of ethanol ethanol ethanol affects engines ethanol blends.

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Boston Power to expand into green transport

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Purcell led the GM Advanced Technology Vehicles Group from 1994-2002 and was responsible for the development of the EV-1. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Boston Power electric vehicles EV-1 general motors GM plug-in hybrid electric vehicles Robert Purcell S-10 Electric Truck. His organisation also [.].

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Is green to blame for problems in auto industry?

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He states that the auto CEOs were “in bed&# with the green jobs movement and that between 1994 and 2003, General Motors gave Nature Conservancy more than $19million. Tags: Chrysler Green cars Latest news general motors is green to blame. To read the article in full, click here.