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• California Air Resources Board
  ...a in the United States. Established originally as the Air Resources Board in 1967, it is known for setting extremely stringent standards for air quality * Conduct research into the causes of and solutions to air pollution.
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• Great American streetcar scandal
  ...ast, starting in 1938), and American City Lines (in large cities, starting in 1943). ...deral Engineering Corporation made investments in the City Lines companies in return for exclusive supply contracts.<ref name="7th">
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• Roadway air dispersion modeling
  ...the air pollution consequences of major roadway and airport projects. By the early 1970s this subset of atmospheric dispersion models were being applied ==How the model works==
  14 KB (2,101 words) - 03:52, 22 September 2010
• Carsharing
  ...ive, ''ad hoc'' grouping. Today there are more than one thousand cities in the world where people can carshare.<ref>{{cite web | title = World Carshare Ci ...term '''carsharing''' is also used for [[carpooling]] or [[ride sharing]] in some places.
  12 KB (1,828 words) - 07:59, 21 August 2009
• Off-road vehicle
  ...use of these vehicles is for sight seeing in areas distant from pavement. The use of higher clearance and higher traction vehicles enables access on trai ...ref>[http://www.home.no/migreg/norsk/kiriletz.html MiG-registeret]</ref>. The system uses an unusual caterpillar track which uses a flexible belt rather
  16 KB (2,455 words) - 10:01, 24 May 2010
• Diesel
  ...engines ran on peanut oil, which today might be referred to as biodiesel. The term typically refers to fuel that has been processed from petroleum, but i ...d waste]] (WVO) vegetable oil. As a hydrocarbon mixture, it is obtained in the fractional distillation of crude oil between 250&nbsp;°C and 350&nbsp;°C
  11 KB (1,779 words) - 06:15, 2 November 2009
• Parking
  ...in combination with most buildings, to facilitate the coming and going of the buildings' users. ...lude indoor and outdoor private property belonging to a house, the side of the [[road]] where metered or laid-out for such use, a '''[[parking lot]]''' or
  15 KB (2,319 words) - 14:19, 28 August 2009
• Alternative Fuel Vehicles
  ...anks are filled to no more than 80% capacity to allow for liquid expansion in high temperatures. ...average of $2,500. Some states offer incentives for propane. According to the '''National Propane Gas Association''', some fleets report 2-3 years longer
  12 KB (1,707 words) - 16:25, 25 September 2009
• Passenger vehicles in the United States
  ''Department of Transportation's definition of a ''passenger vehicle'', to mean a car or truck, used for p ...any]] and [[Chrysler]], which are commonly referred to as the "Big Three." The motor car has become an integral part of American life, with vehicles outnu
  36 KB (5,274 words) - 05:18, 25 May 2010
• Effects of the automobile on societies
  ...nology that has brought about unprecedented prosperity, while opponents on the other end claim it is a cancer on cities that has caused more harm than goo [[Image:Downtown connector daytime.jpg|thumb|325px|Modern [[automobile]]s on the road]]
  14 KB (2,190 words) - 12:17, 18 May 2010
• Duesenberg
  ...esenberg''' was a United States-based luxury [[automobile]] company active in various forms from 1913 to 1937. ...n 10th place at the [[Indianapolis 500]] and a Duesenberg car won the race in 1924, 1925, and 1927.
  11 KB (1,688 words) - 06:49, 23 April 2008
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  ...National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) | U.S. Department of Transportation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ...emissions, but this has been disputed by such state regulatory agencies as the [[California Air Resources Board]].
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• Zastava Koral
  {{dablink|For other car models also commercialized under the marque Yugo, see [[Zastava]].}} The '''Zastava Koral''' (known in the US simply as the '''Yugo''') is a subcompact vehicle built by [[Zastava]] corporation.
  20 KB (3,221 words) - 01:51, 22 November 2008
• Van
  ...nter]] van. Vehicles larger than this are classified as trucks (or lorries in British English). The word ''van'' is a shortened version of the word ''[[wikt:caravan|caravan]]'' which originally meant a covered vehicle.
  15 KB (2,301 words) - 12:14, 11 October 2009
• Car safety
  ...ears, some for the safety of [[Automobile|car]]'s occupants only, some for the safety of others. ...y-related deaths (the leading cause) with an estimated 1.26 million deaths in 2000 (Peden 2002).
  15 KB (2,238 words) - 06:54, 26 June 2010
• Traffic sign
  ...ually a result of international standards. Such signs were first developed in Europe, and have been adopted by most countries to varying degrees. Traffic signs can be grouped into several types. For example, Annexe 1 of the [[Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals]] (1968), which at 30 June 20
  34 KB (5,212 words) - 13:10, 18 May 2010
• Packard
  ...1958. Packard automobiles are highly sought after by collectors today, and the marque enjoys an active collectors club system. Packards were advertised with the slogan ''"Ask the Man Who Owns One"''.
  16 KB (2,357 words) - 03:05, 12 December 2010
• Diesel-Electric Hybrid
  ...gine's high torque, combined with hybrid technology, may offer performance in a car of over 100 mpg US (2.35L per 100 km). Nowadays most diesel vehicles, and therefore the diesel part of hybrids, have the advantage they can (with modifications) use 100% pure [[biofuel]]s ([[biodi
  18 KB (2,608 words) - 02:08, 19 May 2009
• Pierce-Arrow
  '''Pierce-Arrow''' was an American [[automobile]] manufacturer based in Buffalo, New York, which was active between 1901 and 1938. Best known for i ...rly years were understated and artistic, and did not discuss details about the cars themselves'']]
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• Freightliner
  ...d list as the 125th largest company in America based on the criterion used in said ranking. ...lso based in Portland. Today, that truck is in the Smithsonian collection in Washington, D.C.
  12 KB (1,769 words) - 09:48, 27 March 2009

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