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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

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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. It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas.

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

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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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Polk: 35% of hybrid owners buying hybrids again

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While the selection of hybrid models in the US has more than doubled since 2007, only 35% of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk. As an example, the Honda Civic is the second most cross-shopped vehicle among both Toyota Prius and Honda Insight shoppers.

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1.0L EcoBoost Fiesta receives EPA rating of 45 mpg highway

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As an example, the 2014 Honda Insight achieves 44 mpg highway, while the 2014 Volkswagen Golf diesel with a manual transmission delivers 42 mpg highway. Fuel economy is often cited as the Nº 1 purchase consideration in the subcompact class, according to Ford research. l/100 km) highway. Earlier post.) With the new Fiesta 1.0-liter

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California providing incentives up to $12K to help low-income families afford the cleanest cars

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The lowest-income recipient purchasing the very cleanest car receives the highest incentive amounts. Under the program, it is possible for a family that meets income guidelines to receive as much as $12,000 toward the purchase of an electric car. A plug-in hybrid (e.g. Chevy Volt), or an electric car (e.g. Nissan Leaf) receives $9,500.

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Rav4 EV

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2002 Toyota Rav4 EV VIN: 2630 - purchased 12/16/2002 For more fun, please click tabs at the top Rav4EV Discussion Group Signup Page In December, 2002, we purchased our 2002 Rav4EV. “What about the Honda Insight?&# This car has half the power, substantially more battery capacity, and similar range to the EV1.

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