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UCOTD: 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLX

The Truth About Cars

Today's UCOTD is a 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLX. It's a five-speed stick and there are 175K miles on the clock. Our seller says that the car has been well maintained and that there are plenty of new parts, including a Bilstein TC suspension, tires, spark plugs, spark-plug wires, valve cover gasket, cv joints/axles, and water pump.

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Used Car of the Day: 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder

The Truth About Cars

We're going back to the convertible well today with this 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder. Five grand will get you a manual-transmission Spyder with just under 100,000 miles on it. A Stage 2 clutch has been installed, and some notable parts have been replaced -- the water pump, spark plugs, springs, bushings, and shocks are all new.

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Norweign Drivers switch to Electric Cars

EV Report

As a result, buyers are using the perks which they get to convert to cash. Buyers of EV became exempted from paying VAT in 2001. According to the news report, EV sales will reduce in 2020 and one of the factor is global uncertainity, making people less adapt to change in technology that is new.

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FedEx boosts fleet with hybrid-electric trucks

Green Cars News

The FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles has leapt by more than 50 per cent from 172 to 264 after the company added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting existing models. These standard trucks used in the retrofit programme were models from 2000 or 2001 with 300,000-500,000 miles on the clock.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. The GREET 1.6 Using the average U.S. Using the average U.S.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? EV Driver Profile: the Pauls Newsletter Vol. 4 Great Gifts! Why Am I a Member? Newsletter Vol. 3 CARB Date with Destiny Move CARB Forward Plug In America Podcasts! 1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction?

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