Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a far, far better plug-in hybrid than its predecessor. It defaults to electric-only operation, it has 25 miles of EPA-rated electric range, and in electric operation, it is by far the most energy-efficient vehicle you can buy this year in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

The new 2016 Toyota Prius is now arriving at dealers all over the country, and while gas prices--and hence hybrid sales--are down, it's expected to boost sales of the quintessential hybrid, now ranked at 52 or 56 mpg combined.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

The winner of the Full Vehicle category was the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, which is 249 pounds (113 kilograms) lighter than its predecessor. 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. All-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica body structure 72% high-strength steel. Click to enlarge. In addition, the all-new Pacifica minivan also makes strategic use of aluminum.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled new advanced engines and transmissions and further evolved hybrid systems based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). Toyota intends to deploy these new powertrain units in a rapidly broadening range of vehicle models, starting in 2017. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2015

But while long-range battery-electric cars--the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and an all-new 2017 Nissan Leaf--grab attention, another vehicle on the way could be equally important. That's the second generation of the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 6, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid How Does 53+ MPG Sound? The second generation 2023 Kia Niro is offered in three models–the all-electric Niro EV, the Niro plug-in hybrid, and the one reviewed here, the Niro hybrid. This is our in-depth look at the hybrid model. seconds in a few 0-60 miles per hour runs, which is not quick.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2016

Today, we have reports on two rumored German green cars--the range-extended electric BMW i5, and the Volkswagen XL3 Prius-fighter hybrid--plus details on the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid and Optima Plug-In Hybrid. We've got an $8,500 Nissan Leaf, a 300,00-mile Chevrolet Volt, and more in our Week in Reverse.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 24, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime replaces the Prius Plug-In, and it directly addresses nearly everything that current owners of that model have wanted. There’s a longer, 22-mile electric driving range, better drivability, and exceptional 120+ MPGe fuel efficiency.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

What new hybrid and plug-in cars are coming from Ford, which has been notably silent on that front since 2013? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, November 24, 2017.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2016

Today, we have a 1,000-mile Nissan Leaf electric-car road trip, a report that the 200-mile 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will start production in October, and the end of Tesla's guaranteed buyback program. Sales of the Toyota Prius hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2016

The company has taken the position that hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains are more practical choices when it comes to reducing emissions. DON'T MISS: 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid: 22-mile range, styling. Toyota has shown very little interest in battery-electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

In 2016, Navigant Research expects growth to come from expanding sales of the Tesla Model X and the second-generation Volt, as well as the introduction of the Chevrolet Bolt 200-mile range battery electric vehicle (BEV), the Prius Prime PHEV, the Chrysler Pacifica PHEV, and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV later in the year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

In the near-term (2011), lithium-ion batteries could grow to represent about 21% of the hybrid and EV advanced battery market, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman, President of Advanced Automotive Batteries and the organizer of last week’s Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009. By 2015, he suggests, full hybrids (e.g.,

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The roomy Model S luxury sedan now starts at about $90,000 with a 100 kWh battery pack and all-wheel drive, offering 405 miles of range. First Drive: 2017 Tesla Model X P100D ; Tesla Continues to Get Mixed Marks ; Flash Drive: Tesla Model 3. Bolts jolts the market with 200+ miles of range and an affordable price.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 11, 2022

A Very Trail-Ready Plug-in Hybrid. Jeep global CEO Christian Meunier closed out 2021 by announcing his brand’s goal of becoming the “zero emission freedom brand,” with the Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid (PHEV) as its first example. But when including the electric range of 21 miles, the city and highway combined number is 49 mpge.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It could drive approximately 124 miles and had a top speed of nearly 70 miles per hour. Electrified vehicles (hybrid-electrics) have been commercially available since the late 1990s with the Toyota Prius. First Drive: 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. This van ran on a fuel cell utilizing liquid hydrogen and oxygen.

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EV Adoption

JANUARY 22, 2022

Only available in the US beginning in March of 2021, the hot-selling Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was apparently the top-selling PHEV in the US last year. Rick Deneau, Stellantis. . Auto Industry Analyst.

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EV Life

AUGUST 28, 2020

First, start by narrowing the criteria for your EV search from the nearly 50 electric cars and plug-in hybrids on the market. For example, I grew up in a “Toyota family” and Toyota only has one electric vehicle available today: The Prius Prime. For the Hyundai Kona below, EV Life estimates it will take one hour to recharge 5 miles.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2017

Collins (2017) Click to enlarge. From a policy perspective, the data shown here suggest that dollars invested in research to improve internal combustion engines and promote gasoline-based hybrid vehicles are likely to yield larger—and faster—returns than investments in pure electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Hyundai has begun the US roll-out of its Ioniq line-up of electrified vehicles: hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric. The Ioniq Hybrid offers up to the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg / 4.05 Of particular note is the smooth integration of the engine with the motor in the new 6-speed DCT in the hybrids.

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

Hyundai has been selling battery-electric models in the US since the Ioniq Electric was launched alongside hybrid and plug-in hybrid siblings in 2017. Originally rated at 124 miles of range, in 2020 the model received a range boost to 170 miles, and it remains on sale. Heritage style.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Thanks to the Prius (AT PZEV category), Toyota has a large credit bank. In complying with the ZEV regulation, manufacturers operate vehicles in California which generate varying credits, expressed in units of grams per mile Non-Methane Organic Gases (g/mi NMOG). plug-in hybrids); AT PZEVs (e.g., Click to enlarge. Source: ARB.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

In my very first article for this site and blog back in January 2017 , I created a framework of factors that were critical for EVAdoption in the US (chart below). Less costly Level 1 charging can add 40 miles of range while the car is parked. Not including incentives, the BEV version starts at $14,500 more than the hybrid version.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Based on the benefits of its own analysis of anonymized driving data from its plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicle customers, Ford is encouraging the adoption of a standard way to analyze driving data for OEMs and regulatory agencies to understand the real world electric driving usage in comparison to regulatory test cycles.

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