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Daimler starts production of new smart fortwo electric drive; buy or lease the vehicle, rent the battery

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The new “sale&care model” offers customers an opportunity to buy, finance or lease the vehicle and to rent the battery for a monthly fee. Prices in Germany (including 19% VAT). The smart plant in Hambach was inaugurated in 1997 and has produced the smart fortwo since 1998—in its second generation since 2007.

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Polk: 35% of hybrid owners buying hybrids again

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While the selection of hybrid models in the US has more than doubled since 2007, only 35% of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk. Polk’s research also indicates that volatility in fuel prices between 2008 and 2011, which ranged from just under $2.00/gallon

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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With prices set to double by 2018, we’ve seen the bottom of the uranium market, and the negative sentiment that has followed this resource around despite strong fundamentals, is starting to change. Morningstar analyst David Wang predicts prices will double within the next two years. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com. Not even close.

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

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Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me. How did it all start?

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

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Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. Let me tell you about it. I signed up to reserve one.

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Australia PM Gillard announces carbon pricing plan; transport fuels exempt, but lowered fuel tax credits to bring carbon price to some businesses

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Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled Australia’s carbon pricing plan—a core element in a new clean energy plan—in a short address to the nation. The Government intends to introduce legislation to underpin the carbon pricing mechanism into Parliament in the second half of 2011. Click to enlarge.

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Worldwatch Institute: global biofuel production fell in 2012 for first time since 2000

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billion gallons), down about 4% from 2011; US production depends mainly on corn as a feedstock, and corn prices rose in 2012 due to a severe summer drought in the Midwest. billion gallons), partly because of a drop in sugar prices. US ethanol production totaled 50.4 billion liters (13.3 Brazil’s production rose 3% to 21.6

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