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Scrapyard Find: 2010 Peugeot Bipper, Royal Mail Edition

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The York facility is much closer to Heathrow Airport (to which there are cheap nonstop flights from Denver) than the one in Edinburgh , so we rented a Mercedes-Benz A-Class saloon and drove the four hours north to York (stopping at a breaker's yard near Nottingham to grab some Euro-market XJ Cherokee taillights, as one does). Maniabilité.

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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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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. That 10 years is now only applicable for the Generation 3 made from 2010-2015, but at least there are options. It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect. It was time to buy our first car.

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Ranger Raptor embodies Ford means of high-margin, cheap variants

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” The Raptor form began as a skunkworks challenge at the 2010 F-150 that used to be smartly gained by means of shoppers in search of off-road efficiency. ” The post Ranger Raptor embodies Ford means of high-margin, cheap variants appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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T&E study claims EU’s biofuels policy has wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands

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Europe’s demand for biodiesel for cars and trucks has likely wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands since the introduction of the EU’s green fuels law in 2010, according to a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E). Europe has burned around 39 million tonnes of palm and soy biodiesel alone in its cars and trucks since 2010.

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New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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Photo credit: (left) Professor Ye Ruquan’s research group / City University of Hong Kong and (right) Biophysical Journal, 99:67-75, 2010. Photosynthesis is the process by which chloroplasts in plants and some organisms use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create food or energy.

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Junkyard Find: 2012 Hyundai Equus

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When the first Hyundai Excels appeared on American streets as 1986 models, bearing shockingly cheap price tags, did anyone imagine that someday there would be a big, ostentatious Hyundai luxury sedan with serious V8 power available here? It happened , and I found one of those machines in a car graveyard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a few weeks back.

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2010 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid Pickup: First Drive Review

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market, though they’re a vehicle type largely restricted to North America, where gasoline is cheap. Full-size pickup trucks make up roughly one in every five vehicles sold in the U.S. The rest of the world is more likely to use what we’d consider midsize or even compact.