The Truth About Cars

APRIL 4, 2024

Today we bring you a hot-rod 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 with under 60K miles on the clock. In addition to the low mileage, this Jeep has short-tube headers with cats, a Magnaflow X-pipe, Magnaflow exhaust, and an Airaid intake. Click here to see this Portland, Oregon-based Jeep. The ask is $26,500.

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Jeep 2008 Portland Oregon 105

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) SuperTruck program has achieved 115% freight efficiency improvement (gallons of fuel consumed per ton of goods moved per mile traveled)—surpassing the Department of Energy (DOE) program’s goal of 50% improvement and exhibiting the best results of all reporting OEMs. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Baua Electric

JULY 6, 2024

While Nissan’s street cars and race cars have little in common today, Nissan sees them potentially meshing more in the future—and learning from each other, as Green Car Reports learned in a conversation with Nissan Formula E team principal Tomasso Volpe at last weekend’s Formula E race in Portland.

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Nissan Production Portland BMW 52

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Frank has got himself a battery fixation but he doesn’t seem to know that some folks have over 160,000 miles on the battery powered RAV-4 EVs that are still going strong after many years on the road. The Focus is supposed to get 100 miles to a charge, but Frank is very worried about where people are going to plug in their cars.

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Electric Cars San Jose Cars Plug-in 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

With a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, 47 kW (63 horsepower) electric motor and single-speed reduction gear transmission, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV has an approximate range of 160 kilometers (99 miles) in the Japanese 10-15 mode urban driving pattern and a top speed of approximately 130 km/h (81 mph). Floor duct. Battery ventilation fan.

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i-MiEV Mitsubishi Lithium Ion Batteries 239