Emissions testingorSmog testingis used in many areas of the country to improve air quality. But even if your community is not affected, you still need to know about emissions testing and smog checks because problems that often cause emission failures can also cause a variety of driveability and...
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Car Inspection Requirements Vehicles registered in Texas must pass an annual safety inspection. All testing takes place at the Department of Public Safety–licensed Official Vehicle Inspection Stations. Along with the safety inspection, vehicles must undergo emissions testing in 17 counties: Bexar (beginn...
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This is especially true of the MON testing method, which offers very little correlation to real-world knock performance in secondary full scale testing. Obviously we can’t expect Joe or Jane to understand the complexities at the pump, and octane is a pretty close measure so we stick with th...
as the Rotary engine was bad on emissions and gas mileage. With some luck and a little elbow grease, an inline six was fit under the hood. At first, all was well, as the car doubled the maximum sales projections as AMC struggle to meet demand. For the next two years, the Pacer was...
Remote smog sensors are appearing along California roadsides to measure emissions from cars as they drive by. The entire process takes about three seconds. Roadside smog test and emission test checkpoints are appearing all over the State of California. ...
The burst test consists of testing the bursting pressure of the vessel. It should be 2 times above the actual working pressure. The permeation test consists of measuring the molecular diffusion of hydrogen through the walls or interstices of the gas vessel over time. The lower the permeation, ...
Company car tax, officially known as Benefit in Kind Tax (BiK), is calculated based on the P11D value of the vehicle, its CO2 tailpipe emissions and the employee’s income tax band. The BiK tax rate is set by HM Treasury and usually collected through your PAYE (pay-as-you-earn). ...
which unexpectedly banned the use of scooters during evening hours with remote shutdown, guaranteeing near perfect compliance. We test theories of habit discontinuity to provide statistical identification for whether micromobility users substitute scooters for cars. Evidence from a natural experiment in a...