LA police, city vehicles go green with 160 new electric cars

The sounds of city vehicles on Los Angeles streets are about to get a bit quieter.

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Friday the city will least 160 pure battery electric vehicles, which reduce greenhouse emissions and also make less noise.

The Los Angeles Police Department will use 100 of the vehicles, while the fire department, general services and water and power department will lease the remaining 60. More than 100 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will also be acquired.

Garcetti says the new vehicles will make Los Angeles home to the largest city-owned fleet of pure battery electric cars in the country.

General Manager Marcie Edwards with the LADWP says the vehicles include plug-in hybrid trucks which are friendlier to neighborhoods because they are better for air quality and also quieter.

LA police, city vehicles go green with 160 new electric cars

CARS of America Engine Air Filter Replacement

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When your experienced CARS of America service specialist technician changes your oil, he will also inspect your air filter. You shouldn’t need a new filter at every oil change, but you will need to change it regularly. Heed your service professional’s auto advice if they tell you to change your filter. It’s not costly, and it makes a big difference to your minivan.

An air filter does what its name implies: it filters stuff out of the air. Air is drawn into your engine through the filter because your engine needs air to burn fuel. If the filter weren’t there, a lot of dust and debris would come into the minivan engine with the air. That dust and debris would get hot, burn, and produce all kinds of ash and gumminess that would eventually clog up your engine.

Drop in an air filter and voilá! Problem solved.

But air filters themselves get clogged up with all the junk they clean out of the Chicago air. This doesn’t allow the junk into the minivan engine, but it does block up the airflow. A blocked airflow will reduce engine efficiency.

An engine needs about 12,000 gallons of air to burn just one gallon of gasoline. Think of a runner. If he is breathing well, he can run well. But if he has a lung condition, he won’t be able to generate the oxygen necessary to keep his cells powered up. He won’t be able to run at peak efficiency.

Or consider a vacuum cleaner. Even without the light, you can tell when the vacuum bag is full because the machine just doesn’t clean anymore. Change the bag and its efficiency immediately improves.

So keep your minivan breathing well by keeping its air filter clean. That’s good car care.

Glenview drivers who get a charge out of the feeling of power in their engine might consider upgrading their air filter. Talk to your friendly and honest. CARS of America service professional. Premium air filters have been proven to increase horsepower and torque. So with the cost of a premium air filter, you can increase the horsepower in your engine — there’s no cheaper way to do that!

It’s also one of the least expensive and simplest elements of critical routine preventive maintenance – and protects against damage to expensive minivan electronic systems. No Glenview resident should have an excuse to drive around Chicago roads and expressways with a dirty air filter.

CARS of America Engine Air Filter Replacement