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Cadillac's New Electric V-Series Concept is Far From a Silent EV

The Truth About Cars

It was easy to make fun of Dodge and the “fake” exhaust it chose to employ on the new Charger EV, but it’s no longer the only one trying to capture the thrill of a performance gas engine with a silent electric powertrain underneath. Cadillac has since created several performance cars, including the most recent and most rowdy, the Escalade-V.

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NHTSA announces follow-up recall of 2.12 million cars and SUVs over TRW airbag defects

Green Car Congress

million Acura, Dodge, Jeep, Honda, Pontiac, and Toyota vehicles from model years 2002 to 2004 for a defect that may cause airbags to deploy inadvertently. US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today the recall of more than 2.12

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

In the post-war period, we saw the 1955 Dodge La Femme. The public was made aware of the program on International Women’s Day in 2003 and the plan was to unveil the “ Volvo Your Concept Car ” (YCC)& at the 2004 Geneva Auto Show. Images: Kia; Dodge; Volvo] Become a& TTAC insider. It was an abject failure for the company.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

In the post-war period, we saw the 1955 Dodge La Femme. The public was made aware of the program on International Women’s Day in 2003 and the plan was to unveil the “ Volvo Your Concept Car ” (YCC)& at the 2004 Geneva Auto Show. Images: Kia; Dodge; Volvo] Become a& TTAC insider. It was an abject failure for the company.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

CalCars PRIUS+/Ron Gremban, Fall 2004 Ron Gremban, CalCars team; initially with EnergyCS technology (not used in redesigned conversion) Marin County, CA info@calcars.org 2. John Clinton, 2004 Prius+ PbA conversion, EAA-PHEV , January 2008, (Alexandria, VA). Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org. Contact mike@. Green Gears, Inc.

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