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APRIL 22, 2024

The Chrysler Corporation sold vans based on the B-Series platform from the 1971 through 2003 model years, giving them Dodge , Plymouth and Fargo badging along the way. Today's Junkyard Find is a first-generation B-van, found in a Colorado boneyard.

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JULY 3, 2014

DENSO Corporation and DENSO International Asia Co. DENSO Corporation, DIAT and Thai ITS will collaborate their research efforts to gather wireless data on urban streets, as well as evaluate and analyze information systems that are commercialized in Japan to determine its adaptability to the traffic conditions of Thailand.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Mazda Motor Corporation announced that cumulative production of the Mazda3 (known as Mazda Axela in Japan) reached four million units on 22 January 2014—ten years and seven months after production of the first-generation model commenced in June 2003. No other Mazda model has reached the milestone as quickly.

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MAY 31, 2016

Mazda Motor Corporation announced that the total production volume of the Mazda3 (known as Mazda Axela in Japan) reached five million units at the end of April 2016. The Mazda3 sets a new record for Mazda by achieving the milestone figure in only twelve years and ten months since production of the model commenced in June 2003.

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APRIL 18, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation will send two Mirai fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to China in October 2017 to conduct demonstration tests in the country. Started in 2003, the project has initiated FC bus services in China, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, and India.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Nagode joined the corporate in 2003 as a product clothier. He maximum not too long ago led inside design for the Ram 1500 Revolution electrical idea unveiled in January and the electrical 2025 Ram 1500 REV, which used to be impressed through the Revolution. The REV debuted on the Untouched York Global Auto Display in April.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Volkswagen marked the production of the 10 millionth vehicle by Shanghai-Volkswagen, a joint venture of Volkswagen and SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. Shanghai-Volkswagen established its own development department in 1990 and commissioned a test facility in 1997 and its own design centre in 2003. With more than 4.2

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MAY 22, 2017

SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC-GM), a joint venture between General Motors Company and SAIC Motor, has upgraded its car coating line at its Jinqiao South plant, which opened in 2003. The plant used to employ a traditional zinc phosphating pretreatment process to handle 300,000 units of passenger vehicles annually.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In Japan, Mazda Motor Corporation hosted the world premiere of the all-new Mazda3. Having sold over 6 million units since its 2003 debut, the all-new Mazda3 is a global strategic model that has driven Mazda’s growth from both a brand and business perspective. The all-new Mazda3 will be on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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JUNE 23, 2014

JDC) and INPEX Corporation (INPEX) have concluded a contract to support Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation’s (JOGMEC’s) medium and long-term offshore production test of methane hydrate. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., JAPEX), Japan Drilling Co., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JULY 3, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that as of the end of June, worldwide cumulative sales of the Prius gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (generations I, II and III) passed the 3-million mark. The second generation followed in 2003, and the third generation in 2009. ended Aug 2003. TMC launched the Prius in 1997.

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APRIL 1, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Tsinghua University have extended their joint research conducted through the Tsinghua University-Toyota Research Center for five more years. The research center was established to realize even closer collaboration.

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JULY 16, 2010

Tesla Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation have signed an agreement to initiate the development of an electric version of the RAV4 (Recreational Active Vehicle with 4-wheel drive). 2002 - 2003 Toyota RAV4-EV. A conventional 2009-2010 RAV4. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge. Source: Toyota. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 5, 2023

BMW, in a commentary , stated type levels with driving force’s airbags from Takata are affected: the 2000-2006 BMW 3 Sequence (E46) together with M3, the 2000-2003 5 Sequence (E39) together with M5, and the 2000-2004 X5s (E53). No less than 25 deaths and greater than 400 accidents within the U.S. website online.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are reorganizing their joint research and development (R&D) organization to be able to respond flexibly to the rapidly changing global automotive industry, advance the transition to electrification and accelerate the development of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Corporation (TMC), held a line-off ceremony to mark the beginning of. After starting production in 2003, it added V6 engines to its lineup in 2005, and, in January 2008, reached a cumulative engine production of one million units. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. four-cylinder engine production. trucks and SUVs.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

In 2022, Hino Motors , a truck maker that’s also part of the Toyota group, said it had systematically falsified emissions data dating back as far as 2003. The urgent warning Monday covers certain Corolla compact cars and Matrix hatchbacks from the 2003 and 2004 model years, as well as the RAV4 small SUV from 2004 and 2005.

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MARCH 14, 2012

DENSO Corporation, in collaboration with Tongji University (Shanghai), will begin testing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology—collectively, V2X—on public roads in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China on 15 March. DENSO has been globally researching and developing V2X technology since 2003.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Daimler AG and its Chinese partner BAIC Motor Corporation signed an agreement on the localization of further Mercedes-Benz compact car models beyond the GLA-Class at Beijing Benz Automotive Co., BBAC), the production joint venture of Daimler and BAIC Motor.

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

Hess Corporation will proceed with the development of Tubular Bells, a deepwater oil and gas project operated by Hess in the Gulf of Mexico. Discovered in 2003, Tubular Bells is located approximately 135 miles southeast of New Orleans in the Mississippi Canyon area.

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MARCH 8, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 3-million mark, with more than 3.03 Next came the second-generation Prius in 2003 and the expanded use of TMC’s hybrid system on such vehicles as minivans, SUVs, rear-wheel-drive sedans and hatchbacks. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) plans to make vehicle liner material and other interior surfaces from a new bio-PET-based “Ecological Plastic” Bio-PET is polyethylene terephthalate; it consists of 70% terephthalic acid and 30% monoethylene glycol, by weight.

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MAY 22, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles—passenger car and commercial—topped the 4-million unit mark as of 30 April. Cumulative worldwide sales of TMC hybrids. Click to enlarge. The company reached the 3-million mark with its hybrids in February 2011.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota Motor Corporation hybrids reached 10.05 The Toyota Hybrid System (THS), which was incorporated in the first generation Prius, evolved into THS II in 2003, and was thereafter rolled out in a wide range of Toyota vehicles. million units as of 31 January, scooting past the 10-million unit mark.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Chevron Corporation has sanctioned development of the Jack/St. Seven exploration and appraisal wells have been successfully and safely drilled at these fields since 2003. Malo project, its first operated project located in the Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. The Jack and St.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

has received $20 million in fresh investment capital from ITOCHU Corporation, a long-term strategic partner of and current investor in Ener1. ITOCHU, which began its strategic relationship with Ener1 in 2003, purchased 3.2 Large-format lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, Inc. million shares of common stock from Ener1 at a price of $6.18

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AUGUST 5, 2011

Japan’s neighbor makes an attractive export base, with low electricity costs, a weak currency, and a top effective corporate tax of 24%, compared with about 40% in Japan. In its report, the Nikkei noted that market for petroleum products in Japan has been in decline since fiscal 2003. Among other Japanese refiners, Cosmo Oil Co.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

Hino fell into trouble in March 2022 with the revelation it had been falsifying emissions and fuel economy data dating as far as 2003. That means we’ll be getting updates on the corporate structure and a financial breakdown of who owns what. Emissions issues are becoming incredibly difficult for manufacturers to contend with.

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JULY 17, 2018

The three companies currently developing new SSTs in the US are Spike Aerospace, Aerion Corporation, and Boom Supersonic; the first two are targeting business aircraft, while Boom is developing an airliner. One-way mission fuel consumption per passenger by route and class. Source: The ICCT.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

interest, Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiary Union Oil Company of California, has a 15.6% Chevron Corporation announced the Moccasin discovery in the Lower Tertiary play on Keathley Canyon block 736. —Bob Dudley, BP group chief executive. BP maintains a 60.5% working interest in Mad Dog. BHP Billiton has a 23.9%

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Plug in America

APRIL 18, 2022

She was one of us – an EV driver getting her first RAV4EV in 2003. She was incredibly effective in helping create better outcomes for underfunded non-profits – even when up against opposed corporate interests who were not advocating for the consumer. And she did it with grace, kindness, and deeply understood political genius.

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DECEMBER 16, 2017

Aerion Corporation was formed in 2003 to introduce a new era of practical and efficient supersonic flight. Through that effort, the two companies developed a preliminary design of wing and airframe structures, systems layout, and preliminary concepts for a fly-by-wire flight control system.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

The project involves more than a dozen major partners, including Mazda Motor Corporation and the Japanese industrial trading giant Itochu Corporation. Itochu is EnerDel’s official sales and marketing partner in Japan, and has been a significant investor in Ener1 since 2003. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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JULY 22, 2010

THINK and ITOCHU Corporation announced an expanded partnership for marketing and distribution of the THINK City electric vehicle (EV) and EV drive system in Asia. ITOCHU has been an equity investor and strategic partner of Ener1 since 2003. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2012

DENSO introduced electric compressors for hybrid electric vehicles in 2003. In 2005, DENSO introduced an electric compressor, jointly developed with Toyota Industries Corporation, that incorporated an inverter to drive the built-in motor.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Siemens Corporate Technology , in Princeton, N.J., He joined in 2003 as a research scientist, developing computer vision software for the company's imaging machines. The 2003 conference is where I met leaders in the field," he says. I saw name after name coming from Siemens," he says, "so that was the place I wanted to go.".

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JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. since 2003. Earlier post.).

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