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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

It was the Chevrolet Sprint ER , and I've found a nicely intact example in a car graveyard just east of Sacramento. After the Geo brand got the axe in 1997, the Metro became a Chevrolet. Driving a Sprint ER from Los Angeles to New York with three passengers sounds like a nightmare. Crushes the Hyundai Excel.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis. But I needed to see and feel the car for myself.

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Leaf, Volt, Fiesta & More Named Green Car of the Year Finalists

Green Car Reports

Five finalists were announced today for the 2011 Green Car of the Year Award, which will be presented next month at the 2010 Los Angeles Aut o Show.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

Green Car Congress

Based on 12,330 miles driven per year, the pure battery electric Nissan Leaf has lower five-year and 10-year life cycle costs than the internal combustion Hyundai Elantra and the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, even without the federal government incentive. The average Californian drives 14,435 miles every year.

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro EV Wave

Clean Fleet Report

In 340 miles of driving through Southern California counties of Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles, we averaged 4.1 The 2023 Niro EV has an EPA estimated driving range of 253 miles, an increase of 14 miles compared to the outgoing 2022 Niro EV. miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh), which is very efficient. The liquid-cooled 64.8

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz said he continues to be increasingly confident that GM will bring the range-extended Chevrolet Volt to market by 2010. "We GM is committed to putting the system in the Chevrolet Volt for sale by 2010, Lutz said. Newsweek ). Red Herring ).

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