WEST VANCOUVER firefighters (left to right, Mike Barton, Jay Brownlee, Randy Hea bh and

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Brent Walker are shown along with Kate, Phillip and Krista Barton) wiil be hot
mnual car wash this Saturday to raise funds for Children’s Hospital at 13th and Bellevue from

| 10 am, until 5 p.m.

ing their fourth |

Significant advances have been
made in urban car technology

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up the engine quickly and reduce
harmful emissions. The system
also helps heat the Chico’s interior
when the electric motor is in use.
To avoid traffic jams and elim-
inate unnecessary driving, the
Chico is equipped with a modified
version of the Travelpilot naviga-
tion system. Before starting off,
the driver enters the destination
via a keyboard, and the Travel-
pilot gives the driver directions via
arrows (right, Jeft or straight-on)
displayed in’ a head-up LCD

PONTIAC

display projected onto the wind-
screen in front of the driver,

For help when parking in tight
parking spaces, the Chico is
equipped with four ultrasonic sen-
sors in each bumper to monitor
the space around the vehicle. The
nearer the Chico is to an object
the shorter the interval between
the acoustic signals.

The Chico is a good example of
how quickly urban car technology
has progressed in the last few
years. Given significant advances
in battery technology and structu-
ral design, tomorrow’s small cars

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may be able to offer the safety,
low emissions, performance, and
comfort that today’s demanding
consumers require.

The question is, can it be done
in time to bring air poilution and
traffic congestion under control?
A concerted, cooperative effort
between legislators, vehicle manu-
facturers, and consumers will be
needed to achieve these goals be-
fore such undesirable solutions as
bans on automobile use and hefty
taxes and fees for automobile use,
become a viable option.

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