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Opel Launches Broad LPG ecoFLEX Range; GM Having Detailed Final Talks with Magna and RHJI on Offers for Opel

Green Car Congress

The Opel LPG models can run on gasoline or LPG—the switch happens automatically, but can also be made by pressing a button. The vehicles cost an extra €2,200 (US$3,100) compared to the gasoline variants—lower than for retrofit solutions. CO 2 emissions during LPG operation are 10 - 13% lower than in gasoline mode. LPG ecoFLEX.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Looking at the web it seem that the 400 miles is only with gasoline help.

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