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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

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. Sale numbers for those Sables were pretty good until into the 1990s, with better than 100,000 units sold in most years through 1995. My press Montego had all black leather.

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Elon Musk, Twitter reach agreement for sale of social media platform

Teslarati

Twitter confirmed the sale to Musk in a statement on Monday. with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serving as legal counsel. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as legal counsel, the release said. “Twitter, Inc.

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Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

Setec Powerr

Eliminating fuel vehicles is an important step in the UK’s carbon reduction route, and 2030 is the deadline for the sale of fuel vehicles in the UK. Last year the British government set a target to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars after 2030. From then on, electric cars will drive the streets of Britain.

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EEA: Traffic pollution still harmful to health in many parts of Europe

Green Car Congress

In spite of the increase in sales of electric vehicles in 2010 and 2011, alternatively?fueled Harmful nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) levels above legal limits were registered at 44% of roadside air monitoring stations in 2010. After a sharp drop between 2008 and 2009, it grew 5.4% road fleet in 2010. —TERM 2012 report.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

Cars That Think

Global sales top US $45 billion a year, on their way to more than $100 billion in the coming decade. Goodenough wrote to battery companies in the United States, United Kingdom, and the European mainland in hopes of finding a corporate partner, he recalled in his 2008 memoir, Witness to Grace. But he found no takers.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

Green Car Congress

Which is one reason why electric vehicles are still—despite billions of dollars in subsidies—less than 2 percent of new vehicle sales. If these people want to buy an EV, I think they can afford one, without asking low- and middle-income Americans to help pay for it. Those costs are passed on to consumers. The George W.