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

Green Car Congress

I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. l/100 km (44 mpg US), a figure that some diesel cars might be jealous of. petrol engine is not running. The Atkinson cycle petrol engine was made for regular stop-starts and is very reliable.

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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

Green Car Congress

Because they are expensive, biofuels are usually combined with petrol or diesel to make them ‘go further’. The application of this perstraction system to continuous production of a range of higher alcohols is explored and shown to be highly favourable. —Kim et al.

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Toyota Australia’s bZ4X price warning: ‘it’s not going to be cheap’

EV Central

READ MORE: Toyota bZ family to expand beyond bZ4X However, Toyota Australia vice president of sales and marketing Sean Hanley has again warned the bZ4X won’t be cheap in a sign that suggests it will be priced north of $70,000 before on-road costs. This car will not be a cheap car.”

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Great Wall Motors to Go 100% Electric!

CleanTechnica EVs

They have a dealer network and many petrol and diesel cars on Australian and New Zealand roads. The vehicles have improved greatly since they were introduced as cheap, yet not so reliable, options. Great Wall Motors (GWM) is a Chinese carmaker that has had a presence in Australasia for the past 13 years. My niece […].

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From cheap to fancy: I review 3 different ebikes

Gavin Shoebridge

Thanks to high petrol and diesel costs, New Zealanders have fallen in love with electric[.]. The post From cheap to fancy: I review 3 different ebikes appeared first on GavinShoebridge.com.

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Tesla Model 3 crowned as UK’s EV efficiency king after full range test

Teslarati

noted that efficiency matters a lot now considering the rise in energy prices. “Only a few years ago, when electricity was cheap, and any electric car cost far less to run than an equivalent petrol or diesel model, efficiency didn’t seem to matter that much. Steve Huntingford, editor at What Car?

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Initial Results of UK EV Driver Study Show Increased Confidence and Low Cost Recharging

Green Car Congress

The journey data gathered is already showing that the current generation of vehicles are cheap to run as well as being comparable to petrol and diesel vehicles for speed, ease of use and daily journey distance. —Brian Price, lecturer in Engineering Systems and Management at Aston.

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