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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

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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Volvo Buses in project researching use of second-life electric bus batteries to store solar energy

Green Car Congress

It can also be used to buy and store electricity from the national grid when it is cheap and green, for later use. Use of the batteries in an energy warehouse gives them an extended service life which in turn means better resource utilisation and less environmental impact.

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SpaceX to launch Varda Space’s first Rocket Lab-derived ‘space factory’ satellite

Teslarati

Instead of having to build and qualify their own satellites, Photon thus gives certain customers the opportunity to focus their time and resources on developing the payloads they want to deploy and services they want to operate. No need to reinvent the wheel, in other words.

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Intel Will Keep Selling RealSense Stereo Cameras

Cars That Think

If you want to buy a RealSense camera from a distributor, great, go ahead and do that, but I wouldn't look for much else. Intel had the resources to make sensors with excellent performance and sell them for relatively cheap, and they've done exactly that.

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EnerNOC and Tesla to collaborate on stationary energy storage

Green Car Congress

Energy management today is more complicated than simply buying power from the utility. Cheap cells made in the Gigafactory are only part of the puzzle. Initial collaboration will include select EnerNOC customers in California. Enablement of EnerNOC customer sites with Tesla energy storage systems is currently underway.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. EVs Cost Less to Fuel Powering your ride with electricity costs about 60% less than buying gasoline. In addition, electricity in the U.S. keeps getting cleaner, meaning that these benefits will continue to grow in future years.

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Why One LEAF-Driving Cop Can't Drive Straight Home After Work Anymore

Plugs and Cars

He wasn’t in uniform, so I figured he was another of those early adopter techie types buying EVs. Bill likes his car and is resourceful, so he got a Blink card and ChargePoint card and an EVGO card and he makes do. Some argue it’s so easy and so cheap employers should just do it. Maybe they tout it as smart and cheap.