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Toyota introduces Grand Highlander with 3 powertrains

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The 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander made its world premiere before the opening day of the Chicago Auto Show. There is definitely a need in the market for a midsize-SUV that prioritizes interior comfort in all three rows and Grand Highlander is the ultimate option. It is available in three powertrains across three grades: the 2.4L

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News: 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander

Clean Fleet Report

News: 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander A New, Larger SUV If the Toyota Highlander isn’t large enough for your family, then the all-new 2024 Grand Highlander may be what you are looking for. Like the Highlander, the Grand Highlander has three rows but the third row now is more accommodating. The base 2.4-liter

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Chicago Employs Nations First EV Charger Fed Solely By Wind

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st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Chicago, commonly referred to as the "Windy City" perhaps fittingly now holds the title of having the first wind powered electric vehicle charging station in the U.S. Officially, the station is located in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb a distant 30 miles from the downtown region.

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Founder of MIT’s Microsystems Technology Labs Dies at 88

Cars That Think

He also was an electrical engineering professor at Illinois Tech , in Chicago. For more than 50 years, he was an active member of B'nai Torah Synagogue in Highland Park, Ill.—now Axelrod was also a member of the executive board for the Highland Park Public Library and served as its treasurer. Louis, Axelrod joined the U.S.

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EPA Requirement Keeps Electric Buses Out Of Low-Income Schools

CleanTechnica EVs

Low-income school districts don't always own their own school buses, which means they won't qualify for a grant to buy electric buses.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chicago Tribune ) DaimlerChrysler 12/22/06 [DaimlerChrysler Group research chief Thomas Weber] played down the importance for passenger cars of plug-in hybrid technology that is getting lots of attention in the U.S. But, he says, what no one yet knows is whether people would buy a plug-in flex fuel Camry or Highlander.

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