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

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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect. We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family. It was time to buy our first car.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10.

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IDTechEx: Sales of electric motorcycles in Europe grew 50% y-o-y in 2020

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In contrast, low energy, cheap LFP packs sourced from China can be used for the low energy needs of electric scooters. Zero Motorcycles, the global market leader for electric motorcycles based out of California, is a good example, according to IDTechEx.

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New algorithm to allow Wi-Fi connected cars to share Internet connections

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In this setting, we’re assuming that Wi-Fi is cheap, but 3G is expensive. In general, the ability to have cheap computers and cheap sensors means that we can generate a huge amount of data about our environment. Unfortunately, what’s not cheap is communications.” of Southern California Information Sciences Institute.

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UC Davis process produces gasoline-range hydrocarbons from biomass-derived levulinic acid; field-to-tank yield of >60% claimed

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Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed a process for the production of branched C 7 –C 10 hydrocarbons in the gasoline volatility range from biomass-derived levulinic acid with good yield, operating under relatively mild conditions, with short reaction times. Source: Mascal et al. Click to enlarge.

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EnerNOC and Tesla to collaborate on stationary energy storage

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Initial collaboration will include select EnerNOC customers in California. Markets, a Southern California supermarket chain. Cheap cells made in the Gigafactory are only part of the puzzle. Enablement of EnerNOC customer sites with Tesla energy storage systems is currently underway.

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Lux Research: cost of electrofuels remains far from viable

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The DOE made a $122 million investment for five years for the latter institute spearheaded by the California Institute of Technology and US DOE Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. ARPA-E has already made transitions to focus funding on gas-to-liquids (GTL) technologies amidst cheap natural gas prices in the US in recent years.

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