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California Energy Commission awards nearly $5M to encourage natural gas-powered buses and trucks

Green Car Congress

million to help public and private fleet operators as well as individual consumers afford new alternative-fueled passenger vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty buses and trucks. Bridgeport Truck Manufacturing (Bridgeport, Texas) is awarded $320,000 in incentives to help buy-down 10 natural gas-powered trucks that they manufacture.

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Junkyard Find: 1988 Volvo 740 GLE with 403,348 miles

The Truth About Cars

That honor belongs to a 1990 740 Turbo wagon with 493,549 miles , spotted at the Oakland Pick-n-Pull back in 2020. The more affordable four-cylinder 740 appeared here as a 1985 model, and a wagon version arrived in showrooms late in the model year. This isn't the highest-mile Volvo 740 wagon I've ever found in a car graveyard.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Not what you think When the wrap finally comes off, though, I think there will be some surprise for anyone who had hopes of rushing out to a dealership to buy their first 100 m.p.g. Whats more, mainstream consumers wont be able to buy it when it comes to market. (Yes, still a few years away. car Because unlike the 100 m.p.g.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

They have what certainly was at the time, and probably still is, the world’s only production electric aircraft, meaning you could buy one. California’s covered in them, and most of them are becoming disused because no one can afford to keep aircraft in the air. This is an off-the-shelf product—fantastic, by the way. This is not theory.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Berkshire Hathaway first tried to buy 25% of BYD, but Wang turned down the offer. " One more thing reassured him.

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