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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

When you write about cars for a living, you can get carefully prepared vehicles dropped off at your door (or at airports) for you to experience and then review. The very first press car I ever received was a red 2008 Mercury Sable , so let's take a look at the same kind of car at the end of its 16-year career.

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Tesla Roadster was a giant leap for EVs, Jay Leno’s 2008 drive reminds us

Green Car Reports

The original Tesla Roadster marked a milestone for electric cars. It proved that electric cars could be sporty and desirable, paving the way for Tesla's later, higher-volume models. Given Tesla's later successes, it is easy to forget how surprising the first-generation Roadster was when it first went on sale in 2008.

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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

Green Car Congress

The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company. Hydropower station dam in Chengdu.

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Experian Automotive: total number of light vehicles on US roads at highest level since 2008

Green Car Congress

The number of cars and light trucks on the road in the US reached 247.9 Increased new vehicle sales and lower scrappage rates pushed VIO to the highest point on record since Q3 2008. of total VIO; they were followed by standard midrange cars (11.9%) and small-economy cars (9.1%). and 13.5%, respectively.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

Green Car Congress

Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. Those most affected were city-cars, MPVs and subcompacts. million units.

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Peugeot Tops European Sales of Low CO2 Vehicles in 2008

Green Car Congress

Peugeot led the European market in 2008 in the sectors for sub-121 g/km and 131 g/km vehicles, with sales of 315,805 (15.5%) and 441,385 (13.7%) units respectively—more than any other marque in the lowest CO 2 categories. 2008 European Sales. 2008 European Sales. <121 <121 gCO 2 /km. <131

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22% of New Car Sales Were Plugin Car Sales in France in September

CleanTechnica EVs

The Tesla Model 3 was the 9th best selling car overall in France in September, and the Renault Zoe was 13th.

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