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Junkyard Find: 2001 Oldsmobile Alero Sedan With Manual Transmission

The Truth About Cars

General Motors built cars on the N Platform and its derivatives from the 1985 through 2005 model years, and five-speed manual transmissions were available on various N-based machines throughout that time. You could get a new Alero with a Getrag five-on-the-floor all the way through the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004.

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News: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Confused

Clean Fleet Report

” Honda’s signed up with General Motors to cooperate of future ZEVs and will have volume production of battery electric cars from that joint venture on the market in 2024. The post News: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Confused first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. BMW & JLR Jump on Board.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Ford launched the Escape Hybrid as a 2005 model (its Mercury Mariner and Mazda Tribute siblings showed up a bit later), so The General had some catching up to do in the green-car department. I have mounted Red Line and Green Line badges side-by-side on my garage wall , in order to represent the duality of man.

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Well done, President Biden

Plug in America

This is beyond great news, and it has been a long time coming. Back in 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger committed California to an 80% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050, which was radical and visionary at the time. Now, at long last, it’s been topped by the federal government.

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Japanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Toyoda spoke in a news conference that was livestreamed from a memorial hall in Nagoya that serves as a museum for the founding family. His son Kiichiro Toyoda , Akio’s grandfather, founded Toyota Motor Corp. In an unrelated quality problem, Toyota and General Motors Co. million vehicles.

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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

Revenge of the Electric Car

City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. General Motors compounded their financial woes by destroying the EV1 and continued to work with the oil companies to gouge the public. said Holden.

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GM to Launch?

Plug In Partners

GM Concept Car T here has been a rumor that General Motors might have a plug-in to show at the North American International Car Show in Detroit this coming January. GM likely to launch new plug-in hybrid Reuters Nov 10, 2006 DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. billion loss in 2005 and stop a slide in U.S.

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