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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? I found a a 2004 with 247k km (154k miles) on the clock. You can use an independent hybrid shop to fix your pack for a much cheaper price.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades. BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s.

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

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Lightning’s first Transit Bus Repower powertrain was deployed in a 2004 30-foot GILLIG bus and has been on the road with a transit operator in Colorado for the past 9 months. A repower is a cost-effective and timely solution for transit agencies. Lightning Electric Repowered Gillig bus. —Tim Reeser, Lightning Systems CEO.

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European Commission fines truck producers record €2.93B for colluding to pass on emission compliance costs

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The European Commission found that truck makers MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco, and DAF broke EU antitrust rules by colluding for 14 years on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of compliance with stricter emission rules. The “gross list” price level relates to the factory price of trucks, as set by each manufacturer.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Chevrolet S-10 Durango 4x4

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The cheapest possible 1982 LUV listed at $6,256, while the most affordable S-10 had an MSRP of $6,270 (those prices come to $20,801 and $20,848 in 2024 dollars). The Durango was the cheapest of the three, adding $334 ($1,111 today) to the cost of a 1983 regular-cab S-10. That's what we've got here.

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NYSERDA offering up to $21.6 million to support installation and operation of stationary fuel cell systems

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million through 2015 for incentives toward the cost of stationary fuel cell installation, plus payments over the first three years of operation based on power produced. The RPS, created by the state Public Service Commission in 2004 to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, is administered by NYSERDA and collected from utility ratepayers.

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EIA: distillate yields at US refineries are rising

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The recent uptick in distillate yield can partly be explained by the significantly higher price margins over the cost of crude oil for distillate relative to gasoline, EIA said. times as much gasoline as distillate from each barrel of oil refined, up from about 2 times from the 1990s to 2004.

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