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Opinion: 4 Things You Should Think About Before Buying a Sports Car

Clean Fleet Report

This article may contain affiliate links. Each brand is unique and comes with different price tags. And an eco-option— A 1967 MGB GT EV. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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Tesla To Offer Auto Leases

Revenge of the Electric Car

Read more in the article: Tesla to Offer Auto Leases. “They can dip their toe in the water without making a big commitment of a purchase.&# ‘ Here’s the full text of the article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy tests and an estimate 833.

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How Ford got back in the EV game

Plugs and Cars

Ford has done it's share of electric cars, including the Ranger EV and Th!nk While GM takes the time to make a ground-up new PHEV vehicle, Ford and others could get the EV show on the road more quickly using existing platforms. As the article rightly mentions, there is a great upside for the automakers to sell some electric cars.

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). Ecotec VVT I-4 will include E85 engines and the number of flex fuel models will increase from 17 in 2010 to 28 in 2012. Starting from 2010 its 2.4l Faye Sunderland.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. by Lars Vercelli.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! This is a major step froward in EV mass production.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Road Noise Cancellation and Engine Order Cancellation systems will provide vehicle manufacturers with the ability to greatly improve in-cabin refinement, with additional design opportunities for optimising vehicle weight reduction and fuel economy. I have stated the same before.

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