Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2017

With gas prices remaining cheap and all vehicles getting better fuel economy these days, utility vehicles are all the rage among U.S. Whether smaller crossovers or bigger SUVs, utilities have not only ended the market for traditional wagons but are eating significantly into sales of passenger sedans and hatchbacks. All of which means the.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2015

Which is the better small-ar option: a hybrid, or a very fuel-efficient conventional car? The best candidate to represent the non-hybrid side of that debate is the Mitsubishi Mirage. It's the most fuel-efficient new car currently sold in the U.S. without any electrification.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In my “working” life (people get very angry when I call driving new cars work), there are a very few “this changes everything” moments, but I just had one when testing the alarmingly good, and relatively cheap, MG4. Years ago, I remember driving my first ever EV, a Mitsubishi WhywhywhyMiEV I think it was called, and hating it enormously.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 11, 2007

Prius: > $6 per 100 miles RAV4 EV: 0 - $2.50 per 100 miles Prius: Fill up at multi-national corporate outpost RAV4 EV: Fill up at home with solar electricity or cheap, abundant, night-time power Prius: Hang around toxic fumes while filling up RAV4 EV: Margaritas all around Hat tip to Darell at evnut.com.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 8, 2023

Instead, it’s a weird package that has pricing that is considered affordable relative to the average transaction price, but still not "cheap.” Compare the bZ to the brand’s own re-done Prius – the new Prius has flaws but it’s generally packaged much better.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

APRIL 21, 2011

I have found really really cheap 7.2v NIMH battery modules used in the Toyota Prius. I am converting a 1999 Ford Probe into an electric car. My question

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2009

Why the Toyota Prius of course. According to Gerd Lottsiepen, the spokesman of the German VCD Automobile Club, hybrid cars are proving cheap to run and very quiet. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Toyota germany greenest car Honda Honda Insight Hybrid Toyota iQ Toyota Prius VCD Automobile Club.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It might not seem that long ago, but Toyota launched the Prius hybrid about 25 years ago,” Steven Elek, head of CR’s data analytics program, stated. If a defect robs a vehicle of motive power and/or results in a giant repair bill, it’s deemed as more important than the windows failing to work or the paint being cheap.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 19, 2009

Three years later came the second-generation Prius, and 2009 sees the arrival of the third. Toyota Prius lease prices Toyota Prius new and nearly new car prices. Couple that with an 89g/km CO2 figure (£0 road tax for the foreseeable future) and the Prius becomes an even more tempting proposition. 72.4mpg too thirsty?

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. The Toyota Prius, a battery-gasoline hybrid, is a very famous and recognizable example of this approach. There is no all-electric or gas-only Prius—that’s not its identity.

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EV Adoption

JANUARY 22, 2022

While it is common for OEMs to NOT report sales of its models by powertrain — including PHEVs and in some cases BEVs like the Kia Niro and Hyundai Kona — both Toyota (RAV4 Prime and Prius Prime) and Mitsubishi (Outlander PHEV) do publish sales of their PHEVs. credit off the the cap cost makes it a real cheap lease on 53k Jeep.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Small Battery: For this scenario, they modified the base case so that the vehicle fleet is based on the Toyota Plug-in Prius. Large Battery: For this scenario, they modified the base case so that the vehicle fleet is based on the Tesla Model S.

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2009

Prius drivers for example, get 38 tickets per 100,000 miles driven compared to 23 tickets per 100,000 miles for drivers of conventional cars and trucks. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news car insurance for hybrid cars cheap car insurance San Francisco Quality Planning.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

The average new car sold in the United States last year got 22 miles to the gallon, compared with 55 miles per gallon for the Toyota Prius. We have not only an inexhaustible alternative to dwindling reserves of oil, but an incredibly cheap one." Hybrids of the future For the U.S. This could cut U.S. more Become a Partner today.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 14, 2007

The reader is just meant to be left with the impression that Big Auto is still trying but the dang technology just isn't good enough or safe enough or cheap enough to market. The Volt remains a dream, and a new generation Prius (read plug-in) just have to wait for the perfect Lithium battery.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. In the Toyota Prius companies like EDrive and Hybrids-Plus have simply developed their own replacement for the OEM battery management subsystems and replaced the battery pack. it is in miles.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

What's most interesting, however, is how easy (and cheap) it is to do a carbon emission-free 200 mile day in a 100 mile range electric vehicle, my 5 year old Toyota RAV4 EV. In a Prius or Civic Hybrid at 50mpg, the trip would have cost about $30 in gas, tolls and parking in Sacto. And I was there representing Plug In America.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 11, 2009

Asher drives a modified Toyota Prius nicknamed the Spirit of DC and in the back this hybrid has an extra battery boost. The conversion to the plug-in is not cheap, but a local shop that does the work says electric vehicles are sparking interest. Asher's a kind of a traveling preacher. It takes about two days.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Note : Beside wanting to write the bestseller called "Plug'n America: With the "Spirit" and on the Cheap! First of all, all such undertaking so far involved have taken re-situating from Bisbee to Tucson. in order to take into key team-building resources in Tucson.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 11, 2009

Asher drives a modified Toyota Prius nicknamed the Spirit of DC and in the back this hybrid has an extra battery boost. The conversion to the plug-in is not cheap, but a local shop that does the work says electric vehicles are sparking interest. Asher's a kind of a traveling preacher. It takes about two days.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

He’s proved it’s Cheap to Plug-in Around America! The Spirit of DC" tour has included 47 state capitals and 55 Electric Auto Association (EAA) sister chapters -- All this attained in a vehicle propelled by electricity: the Toyota Prius conversion. You, too can be plug-in anywhere around America on the cheap!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

s Prius; Americans bought 205,790 of them last year. Davis will try again with a Chevrolet Equinox, powered by a relatively tiny Toyota Prius gasoline engine and electric equipment similar to that in the Explorer. Auto makers have tinkered with them since the early 1900s, but the cars didn't gain much attention in the U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt. They are the top of the top,” Mr. Wang told me, when I visited BYD last year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And we all won’t be driving a Prius either – I’ll have my electric pickup truck in a few years too. Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap. Electricity costs are relatively inexpensive.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. Many of the first Prius hybrids that were released are still running strong on their NiMH batteries after 100,000+ miles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. ↓ ↑ report 12 Throwback 11:29AM (4/23/2009) Envi includes the GEM entries. I think electric cars are the furture and this unit has some real world experience. Or maybe just snap up the engineers. Follow us on Twitter!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Remember its PURE D.C.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

With very few moving parts, there is little that can break, so maintenance is infrequent and cheap. The same was said about the Prius, which I drove before. It is classy and they get good response from customers, which makes them proud, says Bjorn. And the vehicles function well.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYDs plug-in, called the F3DM (for "dual mode"), goes farther on a single charge - 62 miles - than other electric vehicles and sells for about $22,000, less than the plug-in Prius and much-hyped Chevy Volt are expected to cost when they hit the market in late 2010. Electric cars will be one answer.

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