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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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Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC.

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Will cheaper gas slow Tesla's surge?

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One good reason to buy an electric car is to save money on fuel, so will low gas prices slow down Tesla sales? In a recent Barron's article, two Wall Street analysts said they believe electric-car adoption is now largely decoupled from gas prices. Wall Street, it seems, says "no."

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Cheap Gas Will Cause Electric-Car Sales To Plummet: True Or False?

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In this case, it''s the notion that electric car sales will plummet with the arrival of vastly lower gasoline prices. DON''T MISS: Green Car People: Who Buys Electric And Plug-In.' There''s been a lot of conventional wisdom floating around lately.

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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

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Sanctioning Russian nickel will slow the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and hinder the decarbonization of Western economies, according to GlobalData. The data and analytics company notes that such actions will simply mean Western countries will be more reliant on Russian oil and gas for longer.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

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And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. During pyrolysis, gas is captured, which can in turn be used to help heat the pyrolysis oven. Synthetic rubber, or butadiene rubber, is “very cheap today,” said Roget, because it’s often made as a side product of gasoline production.

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Lux Research: despite cheap oil, niche plug-in vehicle sales will be resilient; conventional hybrids to be hardest hit

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In the likely case of only a gradual return to previous higher prices—which Lux calls the “cheap oil” scenario in its analysis—then electric vehicle (EV) sales will dip by 20% for a number of years, while plug-in hybrid (PHEV) sales will dip by about 14% during that same period, the research firm found. Background.

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White House Budget Asks For $10K Electric-Car Credit, Natural-Gas Cars Added

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President Barack Obama is once again attempting to spur sales of electric cars and alternative-fuel vehicles through increased incentives. DON''T MISS: Obama: Buy A Fuel-Efficient Car, Gas Won''t Stay Cheap Forever That includes a White.'