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Event: WAJ Media Day: A Million Dollar Drive

Clean Fleet Report

The event, WAJ Media Day 2021, afforded me a chance to experience some exotic and high-end cars that aren’t normally in the sights of Clean Fleet Report. It gives us a chance to relate a brief experience with a gaggle of cars whose price tags totaled well beyond a million dollars. Lexus LC 500 Convertible. Toyota GR Supra 3.0

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Classic car rally to allow EVs to participate for the first time

Teslarati

In an interview with the Australian Broadcast Center (ABC) , event organizer Michael Neal stated that he wanted the first post-pandemic rally to be the biggest one yet. Specifically, Neal wants to attract over 1,500 classic cars , and hopes to attract ~120,000 people to the City of Adelaide to come to the event.

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Toyota Shows Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG, Two Modified Prius Hybrids at SEMA

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG). To convert the stock Camry Hybrid to a CNG vehicle, the gasoline fuel system was replaced with a CNG system in the spare tire well area. Toyota Prius Aerius and Aemulus.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. Chris is currently working on the sequel to his blockbuster hit, “Revenge of the Electric Car&# and had a crew shooting footage at the event. Look for the footage soon as part of his event report on his web site.

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Recent Hybrid Braking Complaints Highlight Regenerative Braking Design Issues

Green Car Congress

Left: 2001-2003 Toyota Prius (THS). Right: 2004-2009 Toyota Prius (THS-II). Source: Toyota Motor Company. Both Ford and Toyota have indicated that they intend to resolve their respective issues via changes in software. Comparison of regenerative/hydraulic (friction) braking ratios under normal braking. Click to enlarge.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Toyota – Big in Hybrids; Betting on Fuel Cells & Electrics. We’ve tested most of those.

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Helsinki to host electric display of green cars

Green Cars News

Tesla is the first to sell a full production electric car in the UK and is known for its hefty price tag too, retailing at a cool ÂŁ94,000. Add this to the exhibition of the eCorolla electric car conversion project (an electric version of Toyota’s old Corolla model, see video here ) brought by the eCars Now!