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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? It was time to buy our first car. I found a a 2004 with 247k km (154k miles) on the clock. This criteria only left the Prius in play.

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Chrysler and EPA to partner on hydraulic series hybrid powertrain for light duty vehicles

Green Car Congress

Acting as a pump, the hydraulic drive is used to re-pressurize hydraulic fluid by using the vehicle’s momentum, thereby converting kinetic energy into potential energy. In 2004, EPA had combined a full series hydraulic hybrid system with a diesel engine in a 2003 Ford Expedition SUV. Earlier post.) —Sergio Marchionne.

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Toyota Previews Generation III 2010 Prius Hybrid

Green Car Congress

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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Green Friday | Black Friday

My Energi

We can’t buy these moments online or staring down aisles awash with cardboard and plastic. Established 2004 in sunny Cleethorpes England. Docks Beers – Docks Beers is a craft beer brewery and taproom inside a converted church near Grimsby’s famous Docks. There are many great reasons to buy and support local business.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

The catalytic converter that keeps the ICE from being a gross polluter in conventional cars and hybrids however, isn't kept warm by the continual embrace of an ever-churning engine in a hybrid with all-electric range. Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. Cold starts mean more pollution.

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Turn a Vintage Hi-Fi Into a Modern Entertainment Center

Cars That Think

My wife grew up listening to records on this stereo, but now it was 2004, and vinyl was clearly dead and never coming back. A digital-to-analog converter then creates left- and right-channel audio signals to feed into the hi-fi. The flatscreen accepts digital HDMI signals and outputs audio via an optical-fiber connection.

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