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Used Car of the Day: 2004 Land Rover Discovery

The Truth About Cars

It's a 2004 Land Rover Discovery with a brand-new engine. There are just 3,000 miles on the engine, which is a 4.6-liter. The ask is $25,000 and this Land Rover is for sale in Raleigh. We send you into the weekend with a weird one today. The trim is an SE and the transmission is an automatic. Check it out here.

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California Legislature Considering Bill Requiring Smog Testing for Motorcycles

Green Car Congress

ARB estimates that motorcycles produce up to 15 times the emissions per mile as the average new car or light-duty truck. grams per kilometer (g/km) HC+NO x beginning with 2004 models and a Tier II standard of 0.8 On average, motorcycles sold in California by major manufacturers in 2004 achieved emissions of 0.92 Background.

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Daimler buys stake in Tesla

Green Cars News

In 2004, Tesla began development of its first electric vehicle, the Roadster, which remains the only highway capable EV for sale in North America or Europe. seconds yet gets the equivalent of 256 miles per gallon. This green supercar accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). At $3 for a gallon of gas, driving a non-hybrid car costs 8-20 cents/mile (depending on MPG). With a PHEV, your electric local travel drops to as little as 2-4 cents/mile. The GREET 1.6 Using the average U.S.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market. In 2005, their sales increased even further, accounting for approximately 54% of all new car sales. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. As used in this section and Sec.

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Green Friday | Black Friday

My Energi

Established 2004 in sunny Cleethorpes England. Plus why buy and eat food that travels hundreds of “food miles” if we can have fresh, local options which are on our doorsteps? There are so many unique handcrafted gifts and items, local products and opportunities for sale, that cannot be easily found online. Extreme Sports.

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