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Study Says 42% of Americans Could Use Today’s EVs With no Major Lifestyle Changes
In September of 2013, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), along with the Consumers Union, set out to do a survey into the driving habits and needs of drivers in US households. Their findings reveal that a whopping 42 percent of all could in fact, cater to the use of electric vehicles in their current form, with minimal changes in their lifestyles. Read more »
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Fewer And Fewer Americans Own A Vehicle; Trend Set To Continue
A study carried out by University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) professor Michael Sivak revealed that the proposal of automotive ownership has been seeing fewer and fewer adepts ever since the year 2007. His findings indicated...
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A Collection Of Crashes Involving Bmws In Russia
For some reason, BMW drivers have a bad rap, not only in America and the members of the European Union, but also in many other countries and regions around the world, including, of course, Russia and its neighbors (see an example here). This video footage...
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Caw Threatens To Strike Detroit's Big 3 Simultaneously If They Don’t Agree On New Contract
The Canadian Auto Workers’ union (CAW) is the largest private sector union in the country with over 200,000 members. On September 5, it announced that it would strike General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, if contract talks do not progress. This is...
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And The Most Appealing Brands And Vehicle Models For U.s. Consumers In 2011 Are…
Aside from the annual vehicle reliability study that determines which are statistically the most and least dependable cars on the market, J.D. Power & Associates’ also conducts an annual survey of the most appealing brands and vehicles in...
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Union Of Concerned Scientists Releases 2011 Hybrid Scorecard: Prius = Good, Touareg Hybrid = Bad
The Union of Concerned Scientist, a non-profit science advocacy group in the U.S., has released its second annual Hybrid Scorecard. The organisation criticised hybrid car manufacturers for not delivering on the technology’s promise, for placing...
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