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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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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. Matt from Rhode Island reported no faults with the hybrid battery in his 2007 Prius that he bought new, now clocking 555k km (347k miles). It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect.

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Report: Honda resuming production of minicars

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Honda stopped making cars with engine displacements of 660 cc or less in June 2007, farming out production to subsidiary Yachiyo Industry Co. But demand for cheap, fuel-efficient minivehicles has remained strong; they now account for around 30% of all car sales in Japan by volume.

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Algenol closes on additional $25M internal equity financing

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Founded in 2006, Algenol converts CO 2 from industrial emitters into transportation fuels through its Direct-To-Ethanol process. This technology has the best chance of actually reducing carbon emissions while producing cheap fuel in the process. This new investment follows a previous investment of $40 million from BioFields in 2014.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part V)

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For that context we turn to GM CEO Roger Smith (pictured at left)(1925-2007), who was chairman of the company from 1981 to 1990. Smith admired large, diverse companies, particularly those like General Electric that had a business portfolio across many industries. By the Eighties EDS was even larger, and didn’t come cheap.

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The Tesla Cybertruck’s looks are not as big of a deal as critics think

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It’s fairly reliable, sturdy, and cheap to maintain. A pretty popular anecdote in the mobile phone industry involves the first-generation iPhone and how it was received by critics. Just check out this section from a 2007 review from TechCrunch , which was skeptical of the iPhone’s keyboard. Credit: Tesla Truck Club.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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The analysis examines how these global forces may impact business and industry; calculates the environmental costs to business; and calls for business and policymakers to work more closely to mitigate future business risk and act on opportunities. Urbanization: In 2009, for the first time, more people lived in cities than in the countryside.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ÂşC Guardrail Obsolete?

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