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The hidden costs of using an electric bike

Baua Electric

But while you’ll see plenty of people espousing the supposed advantages of electric bikes, it’s important to keep in mind some of the hidden costs of owning and using these two-wheeled electric vehicles. If you don’t already have smaller holes in your belt, you’ll probably have to buy a new one. What a waste!

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

Clean Fleet Report

The last thing you need is an expensive car wasting away in the garage. Remember, you are buying a car, not a deal. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Personal tastes and preferences, such as transmission type and color, should also be considered.

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Toyota to debut 2 BEVs, 1 PHEV for US this year; says research shows BEVs & PHEVs have similar environmental benefits

Green Car Congress

Toyota shared highlights of new internal research evaluating the environmental impact and cost of ownership between a PHEV and a BEV. For this research, Toyota created a tool that shows the trade-off between GHG Emissions and Total Cost of Ownership. The PHEV is much less expensive to buy and own, compared to the BEV.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $2.5M for clean transportation projects

Green Car Congress

will receive $1,211,370 to design and install a new system to pre-process solid food waste for use in two existing anaerobic digesters at a solid waste facility in Chino. The digesters will use the waste to produce biomethane to be converted into renewable compressed natural gas fuel. Nations Bus Corp., Big Valley Ford, Inc.,

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Ford splitting auto business into two distinct entities: Ford Blue and Ford Model e

Green Car Congress

This team will be hellbent on delivering leading quality, attacking waste in every corner of the business, maximizing cash flow and optimizing our industrial footprint. It’s about harnessing a century of hardware mastery to help build the future. —Ford President and CEO Jim Farley.

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

Green Car Congress

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me. How did it all start?

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£1,000 bill for motorists who fail to choose solar-compatible EV chargers

My Energi

Charging your EV with mains electricity is typical today, but with decentralised domestic energy generation becoming ever-more commonplace across the UK, drivers should specify a device compatible with renewables to prevent buying twice.”

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