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Review: 2023 Rivian R1S hits Rocky Mountain highs

Green Car Reports

In the Rocky Mountain town of Salida, Colorado, adventure calls. Rafting in the summer, skiing in the winter, cycling and brewing year round, it’s a gateway to high mountain fun at 7,000 feet above sea level. It’s also a place where Rivians outnumber Teslas, at least two to one.

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2019 Honda Insight review, Tesla Autopilot Buddy ban, and Colorado joins CA emissions states: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

We review the 2019 Honda Insight and put the manufacturer's fuel-economy claims to the test. Colorado plans to join the 13 California emissions states. And we take another look at the 2019 Insight with our video review of the hybrid sedan. The NHTSA has banned Autopilot Buddy. All of this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Our nameless reviewer felt , back in 2006, that the Vue's panel gaps made it the "automotive equivalent of a shotgun shack" and calculated that the Green Line version would require 90,000 miles of driving with $2.15/gallon In fact, fuel prices went insane right around the time that review was written.

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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

When you write about cars for a living, you can get carefully prepared vehicles dropped off at your door (or at airports) for you to experience and then review. This one is at the U-Pull-&-Pay in Colorado Springs , which is about an hour's drive from my pad but is still one of my favorite Front Range yards to visit.

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BP awards Colorado State University $5M to research technology for oil recovery from watered-out wells

Green Car Congress

Colorado State University has obtained a 5-year, $5-million grant from BP to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery from “watered-out” wells. Krummel is leading the project with collaborator Chuck Henry, professor of chemistry at Colorado State. Oilfield Review. Bill Bailey et al. 2000) Water Control.

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Paris Motor Show electric cars, Best Car To Buy nominees, Chevy Colorado ZH2: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we look at whether the 2016 Paris Motor Show was a tipping point for electric cars, nominees for our Green Car Reports 2017 Best Car To Buy award, and the hydrogen fuel-cell Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 co-developed by General Motors and the U.S. The early review consensus on the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt.

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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

The Truth About Cars

Just about every reviewer laughs at the current Mirage (I think it's a perfectly serviceable little car for the price) and the Outlander is all about easy financing. 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard. 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard. 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard.

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