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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? I found a a 2004 with 247k km (154k miles) on the clock. l/100 km (51 mpg US) in the summer, and 5.3 l/100 km (44 mpg US) in winter.

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Study finds NYC Clean Air Taxi rules successful in cutting pollution

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mpg, and corresponding estimates of nitric oxide (NO) and total particulate (PM T ). —Dustin Fry, MPH, a researcher at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. The findings are published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. exhaust emissions declined by 82% and 49%, respectively.

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Audi introduces Q7 e-tron quattro diesel PHEV SUV at Geneva; 138 mpg US

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US mpg) and has a CO 2 emission level of less than 50 grams per kilometer (80.5 Charging as well as the preliminary air conditioning can also be time-controlled and adapted to the customer’s requirements, such as departure time, so as to save resources and costs. mph) if the traffic is slow-moving. tron quattro needs only 1.7

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Advantage EV

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Here’s what two organizations— Resource-Media and Recurrent —had to say about the advantages of electric vehicles (EVs) in frigid weather. Even in colder months when driving consumes more energy, driving an electric car for 1,000 miles will cost less than $40. Warming up an EV can be done safely and quickly indoors. Email Address.

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Event: Ford Bronco Sport Off-Roadeo

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Ford’s Trail Control technology enables a cruise control-like setting, up-to 20 mph forward and 6 mph in reverse, for vehicle-controlled throttle and braking, letting the driver stay focused on navigating the trail. Much of the 35 miles of trail was purpose-built and curated by the Off-Roadeo team.

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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L/100km (34 mpg US) with the fuel consumption of energy-efficient vehicles dropping to 5.9 L/100km (40 mpg US) or less. L/100km (47 mpg US), with energy-efficient passenger car fuel consumption dropping to 4.5 mpg US) or less. Under the plan, by 2015 average passenger car fuel consumption is targeted to drop to 6.9

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UK Company to Introduce Hydrogen Fuel Cell Urban Car; Open Source Approach

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Riversimple designed the Hyrban ( earier post ) to achieve 300 mpg (energy equivalent); the company calculates that the fuel cell car will have well-to-wheel CO 2 emissions of 31 g/km when fueled with hydrogen produced via steam methane reforming of natural gas. seconds, and has a range of more than 200 miles (320 km). Riversimple.

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