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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

When you write about cars for a living, you can get carefully prepared vehicles dropped off at your door (or at airports) for you to experience and then review. The very first press car I ever received was a red 2008 Mercury Sable , so let's take a look at the same kind of car at the end of its 16-year career.

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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

The Truth About Cars

Mitsubishi began selling cars with its own branding in the United States in late 1982 , introducing three car models and a pickup as 1983 models. Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last Diamantes sold here, now residing in a Denver car graveyard. The legendary Montero disappeared from our continent after 2006.

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Subaru BRAT GL

The Truth About Cars

This made it a sales hit in snowy, mountainous Colorado. US-market Subaru Leone-based car models in 1986 were just called "The Subaru" and so their trim levels became de facto model names here. This made them cars in the eyes of federal law. This is a high-zoot Brat GL with plenty of nice features and options.

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J.D. Power: growing usage of safety technologies in new vehicles contributes to increasing vehicle appeal

Green Car Congress

While premium brands historically perform significantly higher than non-premium brands in the APEAL Index, study findings show that the gap between the two in 2015 is the smallest it’s been in the past 10 years, narrowing by 16% since 2006. Porsche is followed in the rankings by Jaguar (855), BMW (854), Mercedes-Benz (853) and Audi (852).

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris : The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). Filmmaker Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car? and its forthcoming sequel, talks to us about the fate of GM, the downfall of hydrogen and why electric cars truly are making a comeback By Siel.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged EVs

I launched Emporia in the spring of 2018 with co-founders Ted Graham and Franz Ketwig—we have worked together since 2006 in the commodities trading space, and they now share the Chief Technical Officer role at Emporia. kilowatts and 48 amps of DC to the car. Then I founded and sold a couple of different companies. It’s going to be 11.5

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Click on images of cars 1, 6-8, or 10-12 for high-resolution images (media may use with credit: CalCars.org). Hymotion, February 2006 Hymotion Toronto, Ontario info@hymotion.com 6. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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