Overstock Giving Away Toyota Prius

Overstock.com is giving away a Toyota Prius as part of their 10th Anniversary celebration. From October 1st - 10th, Overstock will be giving away one prize each day to random visitors who follow the clues.<br /><br />Press Release follows:<br /><br />Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) today announced its ten day "Decade O' Deals" online contest to celebrate Overstock.com 10th Anniversary, with prizes to include a 2009 Toyota Prius Hybrid as the Decade O' Deals Grand Prize Award. The contest runs October 1st through October 10th with huge prizes awarded each day.<br /><br />In addition to the Toyota Prius Hybrid Grand Prize, customers will have the opportunity to win a home theater system, a $5,000 jewelry package, a moped, a smart phone package, luxury watch, one year's free gas, a residential room makeover worth $5,000, a $5,000 shopping spree on Overstock.com, and a dream vacation package worth $5,000.<br /><br />Sweepstakes participants can visit www.overstock.com to find a link to the contest page where contestants are given one clue each day to the "Daily Dig." The daily clue will guide them to search and find a specific product on the Overstock.com site. That day's specific product page will feature a 10th Anniversary logo with a link to enter to win that day's prize. Also on the contest entry page, participants can share the contest with friends and family.<br /><br />"We are grateful to our customers for helping us achieve this milestone event at Overstock.com, and we wanted to give them a chance to win some great prizes to help us celebrate," said Overstock.com Chairman and CEO Patrick Byrne.<br /><br />From all correct entries, one winner will be selected each day at random. Winners of daily prizes will be notified and posted within 72 hours of the day's contest. Participants are eligible to win only one prize. Non-winning entrants from each day will remain eligible for the grand prize of the 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid with the grand prize winner being announced on October 11th.

Overstock Giving Away Toyota Prius

Overstock.com is giving away a Toyota Prius as part of their 10th Anniversary celebration. From October 1st - 10th, Overstock will be givin...

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Fed Handing Out Grants for Hybrids

Seattle <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/transportation/archives/177526.asp">received</a> $1.4 million in federal grant money to purchase 15 diesel electric hybrid trucks.  The money will also go towards equipping city-owned properties with electric charging stations.  $500,000 of the grant will go towards the electric charging station, with the rest being used to pay for the trucks.<br /><br />It's estimated the diesel hybrids will save more than 10,000 gallons of fuel annually.<br /><br /><a alt="Hybrid Electric School Bus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WtP3ezq04P_0USe_x2Dc6Y2Yk5g3TM-zjaAkcNUYRHUdCwJ9CxX2IhTPYHTp6jjMCNY85kpdskVXHmH0FvPC4h7dhfDBON-GM2ESJs32nZd19Q8NV59enapYNCUoWKlowtWmv0l7LV4/s1600-h/hybrid-school-bus-sign.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Hybrid Electric School Bus"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WtP3ezq04P_0USe_x2Dc6Y2Yk5g3TM-zjaAkcNUYRHUdCwJ9CxX2IhTPYHTp6jjMCNY85kpdskVXHmH0FvPC4h7dhfDBON-GM2ESJs32nZd19Q8NV59enapYNCUoWKlowtWmv0l7LV4/s320/hybrid-school-bus-sign.gif" /></a>The Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec) is line to get $20 million in federal grant money, which will be used to install 2,550 charging systems for electric vehicles.<br /><br /><br />Maryland <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.gr.hybrid27aug27,0,6850469.story">will be buying</a> 150 hybrid vehicles with $5.9 million in federal stimulus money.  The hybrids will be used by private companies.  Aramark, Efficiency Enterprises, Nestle Waters of North America, Sysco Corp. and UPS who are all part of the Maryland Hybrid Truck Good Movement Initiative.  The new fleets will cost $14.7 million, so the companies are paying almost two-thirds of the cost.<br /><br />Aramark alone is <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090827005502&newsLang=en">expecting </a>to purchase 50 hybrid vehicles.<br /><br />The hybrids are estimated at reducing fuel consumption by 460,000 gallons a year.<br /><br />The Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition <a href="http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/910808.html">will use</a> $12.9 million in federal stimulus funds to purchase hybrid electric school buses.  The money is coming through the Dept of Energy, which estimates the new buses will save 122,000 gallons of petroleum a year.

Fed Handing Out Grants for Hybrids

Seattle received $1.4 million in federal grant money to purchase 15 diesel electric hybrid trucks.  The money will also go towards equippin...

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