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Should we buy a Toyota Prius Prime, Chevy Bolt EV, or Volt?

Green Car Reports

It's now time to shop for a new car for my wife, as her wonderful 2006 Toyota Prius has 144,000 miles and we're ready for something new. What car should replace our 2006 Prius hybrid? So I thought I might throw the question out to Green Car Reports readers.

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

Green Car Congress

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. 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. How did it all start?

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Plug In Auto Nation

Plug In Partners

12, 2006 AutoNation, Inc. automotive retailer, has joined the Plug-In Partners campaign calling on automakers to manufacture plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The development of plug-in hybrids could reduce America's addiction to oil," said AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson. Become a Partner today.

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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

Then the suits in Dearborn decided to kill the Sable after 2005, with the Taurus itself following after 2007 (with all new 2007-2007 Tauruses sold only to fleet buyers beginning with the first day of 2006). Look, I found a Merlot 2006 Montego just one row over from today's Junkyard Find !

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Minnesota Plug-in Law

Plug In Partners

R epresentative Frank Hornstein reports that House File 3718 has passed, and that Minnesota is the first state to join the push for plug-in hybrids. Plug in Partners has a new Companion Become a Partner today. The car runs primarily on electricity and renewable fuels like ethanol power the engine.

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Google Ogles Plug Ins

Plug In Partners

Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual By KATIE HAFNER New York Times Published: September 14, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. According to people briefed on the program, the organization, called Google.org , plans to develop an ultra-fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid car engine that runs on ethanol, electricity and gasoline.

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News Summary I

Plug In Partners

T he Plug In Partners Blog celebrates its first year of publishing this month. must not be 'hostage' to foreign oil February 20, 2006 MIT researchers invent new hybrid car battery February 7, 2006 Re-thinking the world's economic future February 7, 2006 100-M.P.G.

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