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Toyota Motor Europe (TME) announced today on its website http://www.toyota-media.com that cumulative European sales of the world's best-selling hybrid vehicle, the Toyota Prius, have topped 100,000 vehicles. Since 2000, a total of 100,821 vehicles have been sold in Europe, with more than one...
How does one condense a billion words down to a few? I wondered if the challenge was worthy of my talents. So here is my effort: The cost of fossil fuels will rise. Every day as we use them to go about living the lifestyles we live now……..we use them up. On the [...]
J.P. Sydnor is seeing more people buy bicycles from Under The Sun recreation store he manages on West Patrick Street. Strong sales and a spike in the number of bicycle repairs and tune-ups, something that has dwindled over the last 15 years, are taking place nationally, the result of high gas...
By MIN LEE Associated Press Writer HONG KONG (AP) - Cathay Pacific Airways might cut routes to help cope with surging fuel prices, its chief executive said. Tony Tyler said in an internal company newsletter, seen Saturday by The Associated Press, that the airline must focus on its most profitable...
Drivers seeking relief from rising gas prices might not want to read further. Retail gas prices hit record highs for the ninth day in a row Friday, AAA reported. Feeling the most pain at the pump? Drivers in Alaska and Connecticut. They are paying $4.042 and $4.008 a gallon respectively. But...
REARDAN, Wash. (AP) — Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can't register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials. As many as 8,500 of the nation's 170,000 service stations have old-style meters...
Most of 4,000 civil claims filed in the aftermath of the deadly explosion at BP's Texas City refinery more than three years ago have been settled, but at least one more trial is on tap. Since the March 23, 2005, blast, BP has repeatedly said the company aims to settle litigation. In March, the...
Saturday May 17th over twentyfive thousand race fans will gather together to watch the first of the Drag Racing Series for 2008 The roar of the engines The vibration of the excited crowd And the perfect place to introduce a new Alternative Energy Fuel However this season the Energy Fuel is for...
Seniors living on a fixed income face hard choices as costs soar for groceries, gas and medicine. No relief is in sight. Faced with soaring costs of prescription drugs, housing, gasoline and groceries, it is easy for seniors on fixed incomes to go over budget. And sometimes, as hard as they try,...
Fuel costs giving us 2nd thoughts about vacation The rising cost of travel is reining in summer vacation plans for many area residents. The travel season starts a week from now with the Memorial Day weekend, which will be the first in a decade when the number of travelers will drop, according to...
