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Junkyard Find: 1995 Subaru Legacy L Wagon with 366,223 miles

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When it comes to junkyard cars with impressively high final odometer numbers, Toyotas , Hondas , Volvos and Mercedes-Benzes seem to be the most likely to have driven better than 400,000 miles during their lives. Well, today's Junkyard Find is the highest-mile discarded Fuji Heavy Industries product I've ever found. The engine is a 2.2-liter

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Lightning Systems receives California ARB Executive Order for the Transit Bus Repower powertrain

Green Car Congress

The Lightning Electric Transit Bus Repower is available for order now with delivery in six months and offers a range of up to 200 miles (depending on the configuration). Lightning’s first Transit Bus Repower powertrain was deployed in a 2004 30-foot GILLIG bus and has been on the road with a transit operator in Colorado for the past 9 months.

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ARPA-E awarding $33M to 10 projects for natural gas pipeline retrofitting: REPAIR

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REPAIR teams are developing technologies to address deficiencies while also working toward a 10-to-20-times reduction in cost per mile. More than 60,000 miles of cast iron and bare steel gas distribution pipelines are still in service. University of Colorado, Boulder. Selected projects are: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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ConocoPhillips converting 30 trucks to LPG this year, 300 more over next 5

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ConocoPhillips has been testing ROUSH CleanTech propane vehicles in the field since 2011, logging thousands of miles in northwest New Mexico and southwest Colorado. Other benefits include safety of the fuel, size of the fuel tanks, performance, reduced fuel costs, extended maintenance intervals and drivability.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E becomes British Police preference

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In recent years as EVs have become more mainstream and their financial benefits have become more obvious through years of operation, Police Departments across the globe have decided to ditch one or two of their combustion engine vehicles in favor of fully electric models.

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Two case studies outline how Houston and Loveland are saving money with EVs in their fleets

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The Electrification Coalition released two case studies outlining how two cities— Houston, Texas and Loveland, Colorado —are saving money by using electric vehicles (EVs) in their vehicle fleets. Each of these vehicles are estimated to save the city $7,000 in fuel and maintenance over a three-year period. Earlier post.).

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

As a result, studies continue to show that EV drivers are experiencing less transportation-related financial strain than drivers of traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. In addition, EVs have far lower maintenance costs and incentive programs via tax credits, meaning that they are even less expensive to own in the long run.

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