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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

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The following year, the 1997 Prius became available with more accurate differential GPS, installed in-dash. Both the RL and the Prius used touchscreens in their navigation systems. Acura followed with hard drive navigation in the 1996 3.5 Unlike its TravTek predecessor, Guidestar did not offer live traffic information.

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Q3 Sales data

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Tesla is unique in that all call shipped have a customer who has placed an order as compared to most other car companies that ship cars to dealers. The dealers have to shift them. During the period, the company produced at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, 7,363 BEVs, which is 67% more than in Q2.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Drivers of converted cars have received high levels of cooperation from dealer service departments so far.

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