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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

No one needs to buy another new gas powered car. Keep your old car, or buy an inexpensive used car. The Plug-Ins are coming and you should wait till they get here before buying your next new car. Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. Save your money.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

In May 2008, Toyota saw its Prius hybrid car turn it towards profitability in America and it scrapped plans to build a sport utility truck plant in Tupelo, Mississippi and chose to build a Prius plant there instead. Yet when gas prices tumbled later that year, plans for the Prius plant were shelved.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Clearly the goal of the cash for clunkers scheme was to revitalise US auto sales – but the underlying target, according to the Obama administration, was also to encourage US drivers towards more fuel efficient vehicles that would ultimately reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil. So is this scheme green at all?

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. Follow us on Twitter! New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. and Chrysler. “We — Ken Smith 4.

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China and the Electric Car | Autos | Smart Spending | Mainstreet

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How to Buy it Cheap Treasury Launches Auto Supply Program Would You Drive GM's PUMA? automakers such as Ford (Stock Quote: F ) and General Motors (Stock Quote: GM ). Consumer Reports: Most Reliable Used Cars Auto Auctions: What You Need to Know Car Lease Up?

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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