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Wix Filters Names UNOH 2024-2025 School of the Year

Tomorrow's Technician

Tomorrows Technician, a Babcox Media brand, is the only national media outlet dedicated to supporting educators and students in transportation-related schools. Schools are invited to submit videos highlighting their programs.

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How Volvo Turns A Normal SUV Into An Armored Car You Can Buy

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All together, this adds up to both the American armoring standard (NIJ IIIA) and the UK/European (VPAM BRV 2009), and in fact Volvo claims that it is the only brand to certify for both simultaneously. To handle all the additional weight, as much as 705 pounds , the brakes are also upgraded, and you get 20-inch heavy duty wheels.

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Elon Musk Has His Tesla Robotaxi Sights Set On San Francisco

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million Ram trucks from 2009 to 2017 model years when it was discovered the trucks could be shifted out of park and into gear without pressing the brake or putting the key in the ignition. Real Ram Heads™ might have noticed that this isnt the first time NHTSA has looked into the issue facing Ram and its brake transmission shift interlock.

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Vintage '60 Minutes' Episode Shows How Unhinged Lamborghini Testing Used To Be

Jalopnik

The presenter rides alongside Valentino Balboni, one of the most legendary test drivers in automotive history who drove about 80% of all Lamborghinis ever built between 1973 and 2009, as he tested a red Countach at speeds up to 180 mph on public Italian roads.

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How Much Weight Can The Toyota 4Runner Tow (And Is The Hybrid Best)?

Jalopnik

In 2009, Toyota launched the fifth-generation 4Runner that was aimed at a more road-friendly crowd with significant improvements in comfort and refinement — and a reduction in maximum towing ability to 5,000 pounds.

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Choosing the Right Autel TPMS Solution for Your Shop

Tire Review Magazine

Since Autel launched its first sensor activation tool in 2009, two years after the TREAD ACT mandated automakers to install pressure monitoring systems in their vehicles, it has continued to develop TPMS solutions unmatched by its competitors.

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Here's What A New Mild Hybrid Battery Can Cost In 2025

Jalopnik

The first-generation Honda Insight was sold from 1999 to 2006 before it was discontinued and redesigned for 2009. However, the reason we bring up the Insight is not to incite an argument about hybrid terminology — its that the Insight will give us insight as we keep future repairability in sight.

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