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Bush Budget: Plug-ins Hybrids, Not So Much

Plugs and Cars

Increases for hydrogen fuel cell research from $289 million in FY 2007 to $309 million in FY 2008. And use the $15 million left over to educate Americans on why it is in their personal and the national security interest to buy a plug-in car. nk City confiscated in 2004! billion program expires next year." Just like my Ford Th!nk

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Toyota Previews Generation III 2010 Prius Hybrid

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The all-new hybrid transaxle adopts improvements first used in previous post-2004 Toyota/Lexus hybrids such as the Camry hybrid, Highlander hybrid, and Lexus RX 400h, as well as refinements not previously employed. More than 90% of Prius owners tell us they intend to buy another Prius. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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Where Can I Buy One? Romm, 2004 "Out of Gas, The End of the Age of Oil", by David Goodstein, 2004 "Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage", by Kenneth S. Learn About Plug-ins What Are Plug-ins? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? EV Driver Profile: the Pauls Newsletter Vol.

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

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It was available for the 2008 through 2012 model years, and fewer than 6,000 were sold during that span. It had dwindled to just the Axiom and Rodeo by 2004, then staggered on for a few more years selling hastily rebadged Chevy Trailblazers and Colorados.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. He believes “ monolithic vehicle design ”—where people buy one car to fit all of their needs—is outdated. LFEE 2008-05 RP, July 2008. Cervero, The Scandinavian Model: Strings of TODs, Urban Land, May, 2004, p. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. Heywood, J.,

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

AFP Some 21m electric bicycles were sold in China in 2008, according to Frank Jamerson, author of Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. The British government, for example, announced recently that, in a few years, motorists will be able to get up to £5,000 in incentives to buy an electric car. The figure has doubled since 2005.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

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UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) Zimmerman writes: Too bad that there are only a few dozen in existence and that if you could actually buy one -- which you can't -- it would have a sticker price of about $1 million.

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