Whispering death on NZ's roadsStuff.co.nz, New Zealand -Oct 30, 2007By MICHAEL FIELD - Fairfax Media | Wednesday, 31 October 2007 Quiet vehicles - hybrid cars, mobility scooters and bikes - have turned footpaths into …
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100 California households to test super-high-mileage hybrid carsSan Francisco Chronicle, USA -3 hours agoOne hundred Northern California households will be given the use of experimental, plug-in hybrid cars next year in the first widespread consumer testing of …
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No cars over 3000cc for Cabinet membersChina Post, Taiwan -4 hours agoAccording to Chen, the Environmental Protection Administration has also been promoting the use of hybrid cars as part of an energy conservation campaign. …
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Auto show goes greenSeattle Post Intelligencer -3 hours agoThough hybrid cars have benefited from a lot of hype, their sales have been stagnant, says Tom Libby, senior director of industry analysis at the Power …
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UC Davis Will Study Users of New Plug-in Hybrid CarsUC Davis, CA -12 hours agoThe latest green car goes under the UC Davis microscope today: a hybrid sedan modified to recharge from a standard 110-volt electric outlet. …
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Number of hybrids on US roads is increasingWinston-Salem Journal, NC -44 minutes agoAutomotive-research company JD Power and Associates forecasts that 345000 hybrid cars will be sold in 2007, up from about 254000 in 2006. …
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Honda offers FCX for '08, bitchslaps GoogleRegister, UK -18 hours ago… by the use of so-called "plug-in hybrid" cars, which run mainly on battery power drawn from the grid but carry a petrol engine for long journeys. …
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Tokyo Motor Show: I have seen the future – and it's funIndependent, UK -6 hours agoNow that every marque and his dog are doing hybrid cars, the Japanese showcase for new design has again embraced the weird, the wacky and the wonderful. …
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Hybrid Cars Now Available In All Shapes and SizesSan Fernando Valley Business Journal Online (subscription), CA -14 hours ago“As there are more and more [hybrid] cars, there are more and more people certified to do that,” he said. “It does take a skill level you have to be at. …
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Firefighters learn risks of 21st-century auto rescuesPress of Atlantic City, NJ -23 hours agoThe voltage in hybrid cars can pose a danger to rescuers, who must shut off the power source before cutting into a car to extricate the occupants. …
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