The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

Men gravitated toward pickups, larger SUVs, and the occasional muscle cars. In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team. In 2019, Cars.com published a list of vehicles most frequently purchased by each gender.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

Men gravitated toward pickups, larger SUVs, and the occasional muscle cars. In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team. In 2019, Cars.com published a list of vehicles most frequently purchased by each gender.

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Aston Martin Cars Volvo Kia 80

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Consumer Reports rates the Buick Enclave higher than vehicles from Toyota, Volvo, Infiniti, Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz in the Luxury- Full Size SUV category. Most of the new vehicles have received special praise for their interiors, which has been a priority for GM since Bob Lutz assumed product design responsibilities in 2001.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

model in 2001 by the DOEs Argonne National Lab estimates hybrids reduce greenhouse gases by 22%, and plug-in hybrids by 36% (see table 2). Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV. Tags: evdriven. The GREET 1.6

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Tags: ev evdriven. Brown and Shari Prange, 1993 "The Electric and Hybrid Electric Car", by Michael H.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Tags: evdriven. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries.

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