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

Green Car Congress

I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. Matt from Rhode Island reported no faults with the hybrid battery in his 2007 Prius that he bought new, now clocking 555k km (347k miles). It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

Back in the day, the original Hummer H1 was a military vehicle with a light veneer of consumer comfort. The Hummer wasn’t the first of GM’s new Ultium EVs to get the green light for production. The best year for a full three-model Hummer lineup was 2007, when it sold 72,000 units. Jaw-dropping specs. The 34-month project.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Best known as a robotics researcher, academic, and entrepreneur, Brooks is also an authority on AI: he directed the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT until 2007, and held faculty positions at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford before that. And it’s really cheap. And it’s pretty damn good.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It is no sweat to restart, so the temptation to zip through a red traffic light, menacing people as you do so, is removed. As your correspondent waits at a light, a fit pedal cyclist pulls up beside her. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. “What is it?

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

Meanwhile, the first Spyder went on sale in 2007. They’re not cheap machines. But the owners I met did nothing but throw praise at the current models and all I’ve managed to find recently is a brake light recall and some isolated complaints about improper dealer maintenance.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Dimming the Lights to Meet Demand About Green Inc. Follow the money.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Carlos 12:43 AM walt the memecaster said.

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