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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

It would also mean a visit and payment to your local Oldsmobile dealer if you wanted to use guidance in a part of the country not covered by your car’s current set of maps.& Oldsmobile’s advanced concepts manager Vic Ide (retired 1999) said he wanted the system’s price to be cut to under $1,000 ($1,988 adj.) Let me know.

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What’s up with the BMW MINI E?

Plugs and Cars

In June about 500 cars were placed in consumer and fleet hands in Los Angeles and New York and New Jersey for what BMW calls a " field trial." Like all the automakers, BMW dabbled in concept electric cars over the years. Barely one year ago, word surfaced that an electric Mini was in the works.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Drivers of converted cars have received high levels of cooperation from dealer service departments so far. See also Hymotions comments on the subject. Aftermarket Conversion Sources Felix Kramers Prius converted by EnergyCS — click to see more photos of PHEV conversions.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The MINI E will initially be made available to select private and corporate customers as part of a pilot project in the US states of California, New York and New Jersey. retailers, 83 MINI passenger car dealers, and 30 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S.

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