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Nissan cuts CO2 emissions from global corporate activities by 2% in 2013; tracking to 20% by 2016 vs. 2005

Green Car Congress

cut in CO 2 during the year puts the company on track to achieve its goal of a 20% reduction by fiscal year 2016, compared to 2005. In Japan, Nissan will increase the amount of renewable energy it buys from 5,200 MWh to four times that amount by fiscal year 2016 through the Power Producers and Suppliers (PPS) system. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Americans Are Driving Less, And Have Been Since 2005

Green Car Reports

There''s a far more effective way of reducing pollution and dependency on oil than buying more efficient cars or going electric: Driving less. And it''s something Americans have been doing in a steady trend since 2005. It''s not an option available to everyone of course, but it certainly helps reduce fuel use.

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Boeing in Talks to Buy Spirit AeroSystems, a Struggling Supplier

Baua Electric

But buying Spirit could also saddle Boeing with more problems at more factories when regulators are demanding that it improve quality control at its own plants. Boeing sold Spirit to an investment firm in 2005, part of a campaign to cut costs and focus more on final assembly of planes. It’s kind of a failed market,” he said.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me.

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Best Used Green Cars To Buy: 2005-2012 Ford Escape Hybrid

Green Car Reports

The Ford Escape Hybrid occupies a special place in green-car history. It was the first hybrid built in the U.S., the first one from a U.S. carmaker, and the first hybrid crossover utility. That makes it one of our five best used green cars. A pet project of then-CEO Bill Ford, the Escape Hybrid was an immediate hit and remained popular through.

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Hagerty's 2024 Bull Market List Has a Few Surprises

The Truth About Cars

Besides, as Hagerty notes, fun should be the primary goal with car buying, not necessarily making money. It says it does not mean to celebrate inflated values or make specific models more expensive than they already are. Image: Dave Goodman via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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What it took to buy an electric car in Texas: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Green Car Reports

But first, a bit of perspective: in 2005 I had set out to purchase a Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to locate and purchase or lease a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid somewhere in the heart of Texas oil country. Hoping to make Tom Cruise proud, I accepted the mission.

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