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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? It was time to buy our first car. I found a a 2004 with 247k km (154k miles) on the clock. petrol engine is not running.

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Used EVs – Over The Hill, Or An Absolute Steal?

My Energi

You might have to compromise a little when it comes to colour, features or mileage, but the listings are packed with brilliant buys. BMW i3 (33 kWh) – One of the first and one of the best, the BMW i3 has a real-world range of around 125 miles. With a real-world range of 140 miles, it’ll eat up the daily commute. Renault ZOE Z.E.40

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. It also provided an update on how it’s working to effectively reinvent retread technology with sustainability in mind, allowing the original tire plus four retreads to provide up to a million miles of service in heavy commercial trucks. “If

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Is misinformation putting the brakes on the used EV market?

My Energi

You might have to compromise a little when it comes to colour, features or mileage, but the listings are packed with brilliant buys! It might sound obvious, but the latest models have been designed to far outperform their petrol and diesel predecessors. However, when you dig beneath the surface, the reality is a little different.

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Questions to Ask Before Insuring Your EV

Clean Fleet Report

However, most insurance providers make the process as easy as it would be to insure your petrol-powered car. You might also look at requesting discounts for being a safe driver, undertaking usage-based insurance programs to be rewarded for safe driving, or requesting a pay-per-mile plan if you only use your EV for short trips.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. It could be argued then that America is still drunk on cheap gasoline. Does something need to be done to push petrol prices up? Will green cars ever be popular there?

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Rajiv Bajaj's Chetak has a New Factory & Sad State of Auto Media

Plug In India

The Ex-Showroom price of the Chetak to set at a whopping Rs 1,94,061 FAME 2 subsidy of Rs 43,500 In states like MH, you get a state subsidy of Rs 10,000 The onroad price is Rs 147,064 which is not cheap. From our observations, every EV fire is party time for Petrol head auto journalists. We all know who is greasing the palms here.

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