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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

This car was built at the CAMI plant in Ontario, where Geo Trackers and Suzuki Sidekicks were born in order to circumvent the Chicken Tax. I suspect that the radio was a junkyard-obtained unit swapped in long after purchase, since body parts have been swapped as well. In Japan, the second-gen Cultus made you hip-conscious.

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

EV Adoption

And depending on the volume of RAV4 Primes that Toyota imports to US dealers from Japan, we could see a battle brewing for PHEV supremacy between Jeep and Toyota. credit off the the cap cost makes it a real cheap lease on 53k Jeep. Rocksteadyrobk, 4xeForums.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

More details at: Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018. UPDATE:Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. by Judith Burns for Dow Jones. By Judith Burns.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Is tax equity dead? Within the US electric power sector the biggest question was whether the Production Tax Credits (PTC) were going to be extended beyond 2008. Dr. Paul still sees significant growth in the developing world.

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Tariffs on China aren’t the way to win the EV arms race – getting serious on EVs is

Baua Electric

Japan and the 1970s as parable We have, in fact, seen this story before. The steel crisis came courtesy of Japan, a country whose manufacturing methods far outstripped America’s, and which was determined to undercut American steel. Between preparation, determination, and opportunity, Japan was able to gain a lasting lead.

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Senate Bill Seeks to Tariff Chinese Vehicles Out of Existence

The Truth About Cars

The plan included adding import taxes on Chinese vehicles assembled in Mexico, even though the USMCA (and NAFTA before that) would have normally given them preferential treatment. Chinese automakers have signaled a desire to tackle the American market, in a manner similar to South Korea and Japan, for years. On Friday, a U.S.

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