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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

Green Car Congress

If you drive an SUV in Southern California those miles cost over 30 cents each.). Average fuel efficiency in the US is 22 miles per gallon (mpg). New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.) Instead of 11,000 miles per acre for the average 22 mpg model, the figure drops to 7,850 miles per acre per year.). Unfortunately, they don’t.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016. California hasn’t blinked in its commitment to Schwarznegger’s pet project, the hydrogen highway. But their dreams haven’t yet been sunk.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Id like to be a fly on the wall when an H2 franchisee asks to put in a hydrogen pump at Chevron. What I do want is an SUV, cross- over or truck that will meet all of my needs and at the same time be fuel efficient or flex fuel to reduce emissions and dependence on foreign oil. forgot.water and electricity dont mix well.