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

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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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City of Szczecin buying 8 Solaris Urbino 18 articulated electric buses

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Representatives of the City of Szczecin and of Solaris Bus & Coach have signed a contract for the purchase of 8 Urbino 18 electric buses. The electric buses will be delivered to Szczecin by the end of September 2021. The articulated electric buses will be equipped with 182 kWh Solaris High Power batteries.

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

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Lane Transit District (LTD) in Oregon has awarded New Flyer a contract for 11 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses, including seven ABB depot chargers to support electric bus infrastructure development. More than half use electric hybrid propulsion, helping to lower emissions from public transit.

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Kimbal Musk exercises options to buy 25k of Tesla stock at $74.17 per share

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Musk had exercised a call option to buy TSLA shares at a discounted price of $74.17 As noted in a Benzinga report, Kimbal’s stock option award is a triennial award granted to the board member following the electric vehicle maker’s 2010 equity incentive plan and outside director compensation policy. . million on his purchase.

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Alaska Airlines to buy sustainable biofuel from Hawai`i BioEnergy

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Hawaiian Electric Co. Alaska Airlines has reduced its carbon footprint intensity by 30% (measured by revenue passenger miles) since 2004. Founded in 2006, Hawai`i BioEnergy is a consortium of three of Hawai`i’s largest landowners and three venture capital companies who plan to use locally grown feedstocks to produce biofuels.

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Junkyard Find: 1995 Subaru Legacy L Wagon with 366,223 miles

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Since I own a 2004 Outback wagon , this makes it very easy for me to find parts (which is a good thing because 10-plus-year-old Subarus tend to nickel-and-dime you with broken interior trim pieces and failed electrical components). 1995 was also the final year in which American Subaru shoppers could buy new cars with front-wheel-drive.

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Lightning Systems receives California ARB Executive Order for the Transit Bus Repower powertrain

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Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission powertrains for commercial fleets, has received an Executive Order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the Lightning Electric Transit Bus Repower, with HVIP approval expected within the next several weeks. Lightning Electric Repowered Gillig bus.