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 Stories About: business AND fuel efficiency AND news AND Prius
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Common cents The high cost of cheap gas. |
Adam Browning |
10 May 2006 |
Gristmill |
| The New York Times is running an interesting article called 'The High Cost of Cheap Gas and Vice Versa.' The author calculates the current average cost of driving at 15 cents a mile, up from 6.6 cents in 1998, and down from 20.1 cents in 1980 (in 2006 dollars). He also puts up a cost-per-mile calculator, in case your math skills have deteriorated since you last took the SAT.My colleague JP Ross tells me that a Toyota Prius in electric-only mode uses .26 kWh to go a mil ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, fuel efficiency, hybrids, news, Prius (all these topics) |
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But Kermit Said ... Japan rules, U.S. drools in new list of greenest vehicles |
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14 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| But Kermit Said ... Japan rules, U.S. drools in new list of greenest vehicles An annual list of the world's greenest cars placed the top American car at an impressive, uh, No. 10, while Japanese cars took all of the top five spots. (But American cars dominated the Totally Un-Gay Testostero-Manly Mean Machine lis ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, hybrids, Japan, news, placemaking, Prius, United States (all these topics) |
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Ford Imperfect Ford, G.M. sales down as buyers spurn SUVs and look for fuel efficiency |
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04 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ford Imperfect Ford, G.M. sales down as buyers spurn SUVs and look for fuel efficiency Detroit automakers Ford and G.M. are cursing Prius drivers right about now. Sales figures and market share for both companies were down in April, as car buyers turned their fickle affections from gas-gulping SUVs to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles -- specifically those manufactured by Asian rivals Toyota and Nissan. In fact, ... |
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| Topics: business, fuel efficiency, news, Prius (all these topics) |
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