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3 R.I. Grieco retail outlets to pay $557K for misleading gross sales

Baua Electric

The July commitment additionally alleged the 3 Grieco retail outlets violated the Misleading Industry Practices Office, charging shoppers extra for cars than the fee marketed on their site, then including addendum charges and describing cars to be had at “auction” or “wholesale” costs in February and March 2022.

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

The Truth About Cars

& Location information was more accurate than a few years prior, given increasing civilian and corporate access to military-grade GPS information. At the time the system cost $2,000 ($4,085 adj.). Each map cartridge installed in the system cost an additional $400 ($817 adj.). Of those, 1,000 were the units purchased by Avis.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Statewide Paratransit Bus Hybrid Program: Purchase 31 paratransit hybrid buses to replace 31 gas and diesel vehicles.

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Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

Green Car Congress

Increasing the voltage has made it possible to reduce the size of the electric motor and the number of Toyota FC Stack fuel cells, leading to a smaller, higher-performance Toyota Fuel Cell System, thereby reducing system costs. —Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation President/CEO. High-pressure Hydrogen Tanks. The Prius analogy.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Under his direction, the design team became as compact and efficient as the Macintosh was to be—a group of engineers working at a distance from all the meetings and paper-pushing of the corporate mainstream.

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