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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

The Truth About Cars

Here's a very solid Mercedes-Benz W123 oil-burner that now languishes in a self-service boneyard in Phoenix, Arizona. Here's the legendary OM617 five-cylinder turbodiesel engine that got the job done so well. 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D W123 in Arizona wrecking yard. 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D W123 in Arizona wrecking yard.

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VW e-Golf Drive Report, Tesla In Arizona, Used Honda Insight Guide: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

run down what you need to know if you want to buy an early Honda Insight, and dig deeper into GM''s new and more fuel-efficient engines. Today on Green CarReports: We drive VW''s first electric car to be sold in the U.S., All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Top 10 Cash providers for Junk car Removal in Arizona

Baua Electric

you need not have to do much procedural task, simply find out the local or national junk car buyer within the US or Arizona. US Junk Cars as US Junk Cars offers car removal and cash for junk cars, trucks, vans and other clunkers in and around the Scottsdale, Arizona region. You may need to check their license for credibility.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I first met& “Perry” at a Honda dealership& in Louisiana in 1986. I last& heard he was at a luxury car& dealership in Arizona in 2014. Naturally, my peers all possessed great enthusiasm and product knowledge about Honda vehicles, but there were very few& true automobile aficionados& among them.

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27 November 2009 - In First "Plug-in Arizona" Outing to Nogales, AZ, " the "Spirit" Made the News with Nogales International

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. Asher never opened the hood to show the engine.

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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

The 1,315-kg (2,900-pound) battery aboard has a lot to do with that, saddling the Hummer with more weight than an entire base-model Honda Civic. GM engineers showed us a charge session with the Hummer’s battery briefly sucking up juice at 348 kW—near the peak output of a 350-kW charger, and faster than any EV I’ve seen or tested.

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In-Home Solar: How Many Panels to Fully Charge Your EV?

Setec Powerr

Additionally, we must consider the total electricity needed to fully charge the vehicle, akin to how we think about the cost to fill up a tank of gas in traditional combustion engine cars. Honda Clarity 26 89 29.2 Honda Clarity 26 89 29.2 Kia Soul EV 64 243 26.3 Chevrolet Bolt EV 60 238 25.3 BMW i3 42 153 27.5 BMW i3 42 153 27.5

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