The new standard is part of a broader package of regulations to cut vehicle tailpipe emissions and greenhouse cases and could mean 1.4 million electric, fuel cell and plug-in hybrid cars on California freeways by 2025.
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The interior is a key part of any crossover utility vehicle and the CrossBlue's is ultra-stylish, luxurious, and versatile.
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Under the two-tier plan, part of a driver's Vehicle Excise Duty payments would go to private companies managing and investing in the road network.
And when it does so, Facebook advertising is only part of a broad integration with free Facebook content around vehicle launches, such as its debut of a Pathfinder SUV concept vehicle at the Detroit auto show in January and the unveiling of the 2013 Altima sedan at the New York International Auto Show in March.
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Unless Fiat-Chrysler has a secret plan to power cars with giant, watch-like mainsprings, electrification (along the spectrum of hybrid, plug-in, and battery-electric vehicle designs) will be a growing part of the product story in the U.S. Why curse it?
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Airtrax's wheel is part of the design for a new robotic vehicle that can inspect cars' undersides to locate bombs.
People will also recall movie director James Cameron visiting the deepest part of the ocean in a vehicle he himself had commissioned.
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Barra's appointment in February raised eyebrows around GM, in part because she wasn't a vehicle engineer and in part because she was plucked out of human resources.
Ford has developed a prototype vehicle--the P2000--that replaces steel and cast iron in several key components as part of an effort to reduce the weight of a vehicle by 40%, which would create dramatic fuel efficiencies.
Clear evidence of the innovative thinking on the part of the designers that has gone into this concept vehicle is provided by a number of distinctive features.
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Earlier Wednesday, four American private security contractors were killed when their vehicle, part of a U.S. diplomatic convoy, struck a roadside bomb in southern Basra, a western official in Baghdad told CNN.
Part of a propeller came off Hovertravel's largest vehicle, meaning the fleet had to be inspected.
Google also supports plug-in hybrid vehicle technology and is part of a consortium of tech companies that advocates energy-efficient computers and servers.
So if we can be part of the mobility experience and have someone experience a GM vehicle, that is a benefit to us because maybe at some point that person will decide to buy a car.
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In vehicle believed to have struck a concrete barrier forming part of a security chicane.
Unibody construction, in which a vehicle's roof, door frames and floor pan are part of a unified, rigid structure, has made vehicles lighter and stiffer.
Earlier this month the BBC apologised after a memory stick containing the personal details of hundreds of children who had applied to take part in a TV show was stolen from a vehicle.
Mercedes-Benz's Distronic Plus system, for instance, contains radar-based sensors as part of its cruise-control system, to keep the car at a preset distance from the vehicle in front, braking automatically if the gap narrows quickly.
"The technology is just a vehicle to adapt to how people spend their time, and to be a part of that experience, " says David Rosenberg, director of emerging media for veteran advertising giant JWT.
In India, you see a lot of people riding trains and busses by actually holding onto or sitting on the exterior part of the vehicle.
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It owns one of the world's largest vehicle fleets, operates a leading global fleet management business, and offers a portfolio of product solutions including charging stations, circuit protection equipment and transformers that touch every part of electric vehicle infrastructure development.
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The camp, located in the southern part of the park, was a community in itself: a kitchen and dining area, an area for vehicle repair and a designated zone where milk for the orphaned elephants was prepared.
Handling is impressive for a vehicle that weighs in a bit over 4600lbs -- thanks in great part to the low center of gravity, near 50-50 weight distribution and active air suspension.
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