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Hyundai to offer Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle to LA-area retail customers in spring 2014; Honda, Toyota show latest FCV concepts targeting 2015 launch

Green Car Congress

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai announced plans to offer its next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle for the US market for $499 per month, including unlimited free hydrogen refueling and At Your Service Valet Maintenance at no extra cost. Availability begins in Spring 2014 at several Southern California Hyundai dealers.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be 50 percent if you compare it to the absolute base stripped-down RAV4 that no dealer actually has. Steven Cherry There's an advantage to pure electrics when it comes to maintenance, you know, removing many of the components that need upkeep and replacement. in 2000 to 0.7 John Voelcker Great question.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be 50 percent if you compare it to the absolute base stripped-down RAV4 that no dealer actually has. Steven Cherry There's an advantage to pure electrics when it comes to maintenance, you know, removing many of the components that need upkeep and replacement. in 2000 to 0.7 John Voelcker Great question.

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Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

Green Car Congress

For example: A quick flashback to the year 2000. Our dealers were apprehensive but trusted our vision and instincts. I am just starting my new job as the GM in the Los Angeles region, our largest company owned distributor covering Southern California. Our first major task.launch a new Prius, a new hybrid.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

The check in was at 1330 hrs - and there were no unsanitized rooms available, so we decided to take an Ola to go to Kropex Motors, the Tata Motors dealer at Singasandra. We returned back and the dealer flagged us off at around 1515 hrs - with crackered confetti! In the early 2000s he picked up his first electric car - the Revai.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

Burrell Smith and the Early Mac Design Mr. Smith, who was a repairman in the Apple II maintenance department in 1979, had become hooked on microprocessors several years earlier during a visit to the electronics-industry area south of San Francisco known as Silicon Valley. We’re on the beach.

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