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Pencil-Necked Finance Dweebs Suggest Anyone Making Six-Figures Should Only Buy a $15,000 Car

The Truth About Cars

Beyond that, they suggest making a down payment of at least 20 percent and financing the thing for no more than four years. The newest option is a Mitsubishi Mirage, of course – though you do have a choice of sedan or hatchback. If I made $100,000 per year, I sure wouldn’t be tooling around in a 2016 Equinox. Who am I kidding?

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WiTricity secures $25M in funding to advance wireless charging

Green Car Congress

WiTricity has secured $25 million in Series E financing from new and existing investors, including Intel Capital and Hon Hai/Foxconn. billion in 2016. WiTricity has already established partnerships with major manufacturers including Audi, Mitsubishi, Delphi, Haier, IHI, MediaTek and Thoratec. annually to be worth $4.5

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Danish Parker project developing universal definition for EV integration with electric grid for V2G services

Green Car Congress

Nissan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe, NUVVE, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Enel, Insero and DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Electrical Engineering (PowerLabDK) are partnering in the Danish project Parker to develop a universal definition for grid integration for electric vehicles.

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DiDi partners with SoftBank in Japan for platform services for taxi industry, launches open new energy car-sharing platform

Green Car Congress

The network of strategic partners includes 12 top automakers including BAIC BJEV, BYD, Chang’an Automobile Group, Chery Automobile Group, Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle, First Auto Works, Geely Auto, Hawtai Motor, JAC Motors, KIA Motors, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, and Zotye Auto.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

Mitsubishi has begun to manufacture the iMiev in the thousands for the Japanese market. The taxpayer is financing the American automakers’ survival and their future. The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016.

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Peugeot E-Expert walk around and first drive

Drive Electric

Leasing, on the other hand, is more affordable, you can finance the vehicle with a fixed monthly cost and also include things like service and maintenance so that’s all taken care of enabling you to plan ahead financially. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (2017). Tesla Model S (2016). Tesla Model 3. Volkswagen e-Golf.

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Roev reveals fleet interest in 2023 electric Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger, plans SUVs as well

EV Central

“That allows us to use those expressed interest allows to do debt financing and other things that will really help us to facilitate production of the vehicles.”. Roev is the latest automotive startup to emerge in the years since the Ford, Holden and Toyota exited Australian manufacturing in 2016-17.

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