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Pump prices rising in UK
The price of petrol/gas in UK is expected to rise by £0.05 per litre by the end of October 16. This equates to $1.65/US gallon at today's rates. You guys outside UK should worry too much, as it's largely due to GBP exchange rate falling.
Just thought you might want to commiserate/laugh - your call! -
Cheep Gas, Less than electric Power?
Hard to believe - but this site says it's so - regardless of your state.
Driving on Electricity Is Cheaper Than Gas in All 50 States | Plugless Power
They do concede a bit for "high efficiency" cars - but don't specifically referred to the Prius
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Deutsche Post van
Source: Deutsche Post van signals new entrant threat to auto industry| Reuters
With e-commerce orders rising, Deutsche Post knew increasing inner city delivery trips would mean more pollution unless it switched to zero-emission vehicles. "We scanned the market. There was no electric van available so we decided to build our own," Deutsche Post board member Juergen Gerdes told Reuters.
Electric vehicles - which are far simpler in design than combustion engined cars - require only a tenth of the staff during assembly, dramatically lowering production costs.
"We designed it as a tool. So the fit and finish does not need to be as good as in a passenger car," Neidlinger said.
The vans are designed to last 16 years, stay in use for six days a week and for 10 hours at a time. They need some particularly robust components, such as doors that can be opened and closed up to...
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