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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

liter Mitsubishi Astron aka "Hemi 2.6" The air conditioning was $757 ($2,121 today), but at least the AM/FM stereo radio was standard equipment in the Aries LE and SE. I recall angrily futzing with video codecs in order to watch the file I'd laboriously downloaded of this spoof Aries commercial, circa 2000. liter Chrysler.

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Deret Transport running 22 Canter Eco Hybrids in fleet; 25% reduction in fuel consumption

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The Canter is the flagship model of Daimler subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC). During the day, only trucks with gas engines and with exhaust systems complying with the Euro VI standard or higher are permitted. Diesel vehicles are only allowed to enter the city between 10 p.m.

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Tech: How do Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Batteries Recharge? Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

Clean Fleet Report

When the first gasoline-electric hybrids vehicles began arriving in 1999 and 2000, early adopters did their research and were quite knowledgeable about the then-new and revolutionary transportation mode. A Primer on Hybrid Battery Care This article may contain affiliate links. Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

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V2G tech takes next step in Australia with Nissan Leaf making money from the grid

EV Central

He says the solar system providing power when the sun is out reduced that bill by about $4000 and the Leaf with V2G functioning is taking care of the final $2000 annual electricity bill. V2L provides a power supply that can be used to power anything that plugs into a standard 230V powerpoint.

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New Fuso Canter with EcoEfficiency; up to 9% more fuel efficient; new hybrid

Green Car Congress

Mitsubishi Fuso, 90% owned by Daimler AG, has improved the performance of its Fuso Canter light-duty truck. The “EcoEfficiency” models combined a number of measures available as standard for all Canter model variants. Engine: 2000 bar injection pressure. Emissions standards and testing. Click to enlarge.

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iMiEV Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

iMiEV Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle by Noel Adams Mitsubishi has been showing a number of electric cars at auto shows starting in Tokyo back in 2005, they didnt show the most recent iteration, the one that will be the production version, until the 2007 Frankfurt Auto show. The cars are also being fleet tested in Japan.

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Maruti Suzuki’s hits and misses | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Its practical, reliable and purposeful nature were reason enough for Omni sales to be consistently strong, cumulating to 2 million units throughout its 35-year tenure (1984-2019), however, in the absence of any crash protection whatsoever, the Omni had to be taken off the roads when new safety standards came into force.

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