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Pay Attention: Toyota Unveils New Tacoma

The Truth About Cars

We may revisit this topic next week to avoid turning this post into a gazillion-word tome rivaling War & Peace; such is the amount of change hurled by Toyota at their best-selling midsize pickup truck. It tag teams an electric motor and 1.87-kWh Toyota is choosing not to offer these trims in some markets.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.) Hybrids-Plus www.hybrids-plus.com Boulder, CO offers lithium-ion conversions of the Toyota Prius and soon on the Escape, for private individuals or for organizations; current pricing starts at $24,000.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. “The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# Even in their resurrected state, they dont have a prayer against toyota, honda, hyundai, and their worst nightmare, CHINA… — Seren 21.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Tags: evdriven. .  will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The 100 m.p.g. • BRIGHT AUTOMOTIVE: Unwrapping the 100 m.p.g. Yep, a truck.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

This Friday, June 12, I’ll be attending the EcoMotion Palm Desert AB 811 Conference specifically to cover it for this Creative Greenius blog. Previous Prius conversion kits have been limited by Toyota programming to a top speed of 34 mph in all-electric mode.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) This was starting to hurt because it was one reason for a sudden surge in Toyotas market share." Never discount Toyota.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

His garage currently houses, apart from the e2o, a Toyota Prius and an Isuzu pickup. To jot down those will take an entirely new blog, but here’s a sample. We realised quite early that the Tigor’s fast tag had a zero balance - so we ended up paying double the toll on the first three gates.