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Five Best Used Green Cars To Buy: 2004-2009 Toyota Prius

Green Car Reports

Yesterday, we introduced a five-part series taking an in-depth look into some of the best used green cars you can buy today. Ranging from the humble hatchback to a mighty sport-utility vehicle, we’ve selected five cars we think deserve your attention when shopping for your next used car.

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Best Used Green Car To Buy: Volkswagen Jetta TDI

Green Car Reports

Last week we started a series of the Five Best Used Green Cars To Buy. We've already looked at two of the best-known green cars, the 2004-2009 Toyota Prius and the 2006-2011 Honda Civic Hybrid. Now it's the turn of a car known for its fuel, rather than its drivetrain--the Volkswagen Jetta TDI.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

If we look at the fine print, GM actually introduced a sort-of-a-hybrid vehicle as a 2004 model , though the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid/GMC Sierra Hybrid didn't have regenerative braking.

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New Jersey marks up EV ownership with additional $1,000 fee

Baua Electric

2024 Volvo C40 The governor has also proposed eliminating a sales tax exemption for EVs that’s been in place since 2004—potentially adding more revenue for infrastructure maintenance to the state’s coffers, but making EVs more expensive to own than gasoline cars.

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World Green Car Award finalists revealed

Green Cars News

The final six cars in the running for the World Green Car Award have been named as the BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics, the Chevrolet Volt, the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell, the Nissan LEAF and the smart electric drive. Part of the World Car Awards established in 2004, the final winner will be [.].

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Shandong Province Builds First Large Charging Station for Plug-ins; Targeting Annual Production Capacity of 300,000 EVs by 2015

Green Car Congress

Shandong is one of China’s biggest auto producing provinces and has been developing electric cars since 2004. The province has more than 30 electric car producers, and is aiming at an annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles by 2015. How we charge the electric cars is the key to the industry’s success.

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Toyota reveals all you need to know about fuel cell cars

Plugs and Cars

DaimlerChrysler, for example, predicted the industry would be selling 100,000 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) by 2004. In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies. I don't think so.

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