The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. Images: The Author] Become a& TTAC insider.

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VUE Saturn 2007 Green 105

Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. The company has committed $800 million to that conversion.

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Commercial Vehicles GMC GM 137

Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. Read more about it in the San Jose Mercury News Article: Reservations for the all-electric Nissan Leaf start Tuesday. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News.

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Plug In Partners

MARCH 3, 2008

Healey , USA TODAY The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say. Mercury is toxic. " Here is the headline and the lead: Plug-in cars could actually increase air pollution By James R.

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PHEV EPRI Mercury USA 100

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 16, 2024

All-New, All-Electric Midsize SUV The all-new 2024 Honda Prologue should be a comfortable transition for loyal Honda owners going from gasoline to their first all-electric car. One of the key elements for this loyalty is Honda’s reliability, which the Prologue should have even though it is a new model.

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Honda Google All-Electric SUV 79

Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

If a coal plant retires by 2032, it’s exempt from the new final rule. Coal powered around 16% of US electricity in 2023. billion metric tons of carbon pollution through 2047 – equivalent to preventing the annual emissions of 328 million gasoline cars or nearly an entire year of US electric power sector emissions.

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Coal Emissions EPA Solar 52

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. See our Global Warming page.

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