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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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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? We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family. This criteria only left the Prius in play.

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Lux Research: despite cheap oil, niche plug-in vehicle sales will be resilient; conventional hybrids to be hardest hit

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The current plunge in oil prices will likely negatively affect plug-in and hybrid vehicle sales in the short term; automakers such as BMW are already warning of lower sales of plug-in vehicles given the market context. Anticipated price of oil and forecast plug-in sales. Lux on the price of oil. Source: Lux Research.

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Earth Policy Institute Joins

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automotive fuel economy, the key to greatly reducing oil use and carbon emissions is gas-electric hybrid cars. The average new car sold in the United States last year got 22 miles to the gallon, compared with 55 miles per gallon for the Toyota Prius. Hybrids of the future For the U.S. This could cut U.S. more Become a Partner today.

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PHEV Day 168. Sunday, 29 March 2009. Run to Knoxville, Tennessee

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The PHEV3A mission is to educate America on becoming independent from imported oil. He’s proved it’s Cheap to Plug-in Around America! The Spirit of DC" tour has included 47 state capitals and 55 Electric Auto Association (EAA) sister chapters -- All this attained in a vehicle propelled by electricity: the Toyota Prius conversion.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Asher drives a modified Toyota Prius nicknamed the Spirit of DC and in the back this hybrid has an extra battery boost. Asher wants the United States to decrease its dependence on foreign oil and thinks these plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV's) are the way to do it. Asher's a kind of a traveling preacher.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

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In May 2008, Toyota saw its Prius hybrid car turn it towards profitability in America and it scrapped plans to build a sport utility truck plant in Tupelo, Mississippi and chose to build a Prius plant there instead. Yet when gas prices tumbled later that year, plans for the Prius plant were shelved.

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10Connects Broadcasting "Spirit of DC" Story from St Petersburg, FL

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Asher drives a modified Toyota Prius nicknamed the Spirit of DC and in the back this hybrid has an extra battery boost. Asher wants the United States to decrease its dependence on foreign oil and thinks these plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV's) are the way to do it. Asher's a kind of a traveling preacher.

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