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Toyota Prius V hybrid wagon ends U.S. run; RAV4 Hybrid took its sales

Green Car Reports

Toyota has confirmed to Green Car Reports that it is ending production of the hybrid wagon for the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The reason is simple: Its sales have fallen considerably since the 2016 launch of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid compact.

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What are the investment opportunities in the Alternative Fuel Corridor Program?

Setec Powerr

The sixth round of Alternative Fuel Corridors resulted in adding more new miles of corridors than any other round since the program’s initiation in 2016. Alternative Fuel Corridor designations are now found in all 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. Impacts and Benefits to Existing Fuel Retailers.

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Detect Quakes With “Raspberry Shakes”

Cars That Think

Actually, a whole community of (mostly) amateur seismologists had, using a Raspberry Pi–based device called a Raspberry Shake , developed in 2016 by a group in tectonically active Panama. The farthest one from Panama that registered a good signal was in Puerto Rico. Since that time, a larger (magnitude 6.2)

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Volkswagen AG agrees to plead guilty and pay $4.3B in criminal and civil penalties; 6 execs and employees indicted

Green Car Congress

Starting with the first model year 2009 of VW’s new “clean diesel” engine through model year 2016, Dorenkamp, Neusser, Hadler and their co-conspirators installed, or caused to be installed, the defeat device software into the vehicles imported and sold in the United States. Other agreements in the US. TDI vehicles in the United States.