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Average price of new light vehicles in US hit high in 2016; driven up by trucks; cars moving in opposite direction

Green Car Congress

The average price of a new light vehicle (including both cars and light trucks) was up to a record $31,790 in 2016, up from the most recent low of $28,243 in 2008. Twenty years ago, prices for cars and light trucks were similar, but car prices have steadily decreased while truck prices have increased.

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Pencil-Necked Finance Dweebs Suggest Anyone Making Six-Figures Should Only Buy a $15,000 Car

The Truth About Cars

Beyond that, they suggest making a down payment of at least 20 percent and financing the thing for no more than four years. percent interest with 20 percent down, Investopedia suggests a total purchase price for your shiny new car – including taxes and whatever other fees a dealer feels like charging that day – at just $16,687.

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Indianapolis plans to add 425 PHEVs and BEVs to municipal fleet by 2016

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The City of Indianapolis will upgrade 425 non-police-pursuit sedans in its muncipal fleet to plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by early 2016, cut the size of the fleet by 100 vehicles, and save $8.7 The City will replace 100 vehicles by the end of this year and 425 vehicles by the beginning of 2016. million over ten years.

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EGEB: World’s 60 largest banks pumped $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since 2016

Electrek

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): A climate group report shows fossil-fuel financing continues to rise despite Paris Agreement pledges. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Edmunds.com: number of leased vehicles reaches all-time high in first half of 2016

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More new vehicles in the US were leased in the first half of 2016 than during the first half of any other year in history, according to the latest Lease Market Report from Edmunds.com, the leading car shopping and information network. On average, monthly lease payments are 23% lower than monthly financing payments.

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Aemetis RNG production exceeds plan by 20% during Q2 2023

Green Car Congress

The price of D3 RINs has already increased about 30% to $2.85 —Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis In 2016, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1383, limiting the emission of methane from dairy lagoons in California, which includes approximately 1.7 Each MMBtu of dairy RNG generates 11.7

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IHS Markit: US oil production growth heading for a major slowdown, as capital discipline and weak prices play out

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This comes at a time when companies are facing a prolonged period of lower prices and when access to financing from capital markets has become difficult, the report says. The combination of closed capital markets and weak prices are pulling cash out of the system. —Raoul LeBlanc. —Raoul LeBlanc.

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