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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. l/100 km (44 mpg US), a figure that some diesel cars might be jealous of. Some models (2006 models for some reason) can have timing chain issues irrelevant of their mileage. Code P0016.

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Algenol closes on additional $25M internal equity financing

Green Car Congress

Founded in 2006, Algenol converts CO 2 from industrial emitters into transportation fuels through its Direct-To-Ethanol process. The algal bio-oil can be used to produce biodiesel, renewable diesel, or other bio-oil-derived products. This new investment follows a previous investment of $40 million from BioFields in 2014.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. However they also retain the ability to travel long distances when utilizing the existing gas or diesel refueling infrastructure. Yet they are still far from adoption.

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Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It It had gobs of torque," he recalls. Frank, now 72 years old, is getting some traction: A U.S.