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Junkyard Find: 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ

The Truth About Cars

I thought about buying this one, but the microphone was missing (and I already have one from a slightly later Cadillac ). In fact, it's easy to picture Cosmo Vitelli driving a '76 Grand Prix (instead of his Cadillac) in " The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ," which hit theaters in 1976. Air conditioning ($505, or $2,732 today).

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

Cars That Think

If a refiner couldn’t manage it, it could buy credits, called RINs, from a supplier who did. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which stewards the RFS, had repeatedly downsized the targets by nearly 25 percent. electric vehicle supply chains’ reliance on Chinese rare earths and battery components, U.S.-friendly

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

Instead, Volvo says, the little electric SUV might be the first new car for a young professional or a new couple, or empty-nesters who want to downsize their second or third vehicle now that they’re done hauling kids and their gear. Volvo EX30. Photos courtesy of John Voelcker. The EX30 will be a big part of that.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Instead, Volvo says, the little electric SUV might be the first new car for a young professional or a new couple, or empty-nesters who want to downsize their second or third vehicle now that they’re done hauling kids and their gear. Volvo EX30. Photos courtesy of John Voelcker. The EX30 will be a big part of that.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

This does not mean that you will not be able to buy that Cadillac or Corvette you have been admiring. This effectively means that the owner of a new PHEV can buy a new vehicle and most of its fuel for the next 20 years. We can set a goal to have every new vehicle purchased be a PHEV. Smaller and lighter, it requires less liquid fuel.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People will likely not buy plug-ins without big federal tax breaks." ( Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Ford Group marketing manager Cisco Codina said the answer for now is full hybrids, like the latest version of its Ford Escape hybrid SUV unveiled at the show. ( People wont buy a full car.

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