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GSA To Make 5,600 Hybrids Available To Federal Agencies, Including 100 Plug-In Hybrids; Cost Still An Issue

Green Car Congress

GSA previously purchased 1,600 hybrid vehicles using revenue from the sale of older vehicles that agencies exchanged last year when they received funds for new vehicles through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009. They’re very expensive vehicles. capital’s limited. It’s tough to make that jump.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas. Other Sprint models could be purchased with optional automatics that year. The original Honda Insight beat it, but it needed a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain plus a lot of cutting-edge aerodynamic and weight-reduction tricks to pull it off.

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