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Tesla CTO, 2020 Chevy Silverado diesel mpg, tire energy, cleaning up trucks: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

The new 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 diesel earns record EPA mpg estimate. And the California legislature plans to clean up dirty diesel heavy trucks. Tesla CTO JB Straubel has left the building. Sumitomo develops new technology to recapture energy from rolling tires. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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CARB scrap-and-replace incentive program Clean Cars 4 All reaches 10,000th participant milestone

Green Car Congress

There is strong consumer demand for Clean Cars 4 All (CC4A) which incentivizes lower-income California drivers to scrap their older, high-polluting cars and replace them with clean cars. As of 30 September 2020, $82.5 As of 30 September 2020, there were 10,379 participants. miles per gallon.

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Highlander Hybrid mpg, E-Tron towing, EV emissions drop: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid tops the efficiency scales if you can’t plug in. California’s permitting process for charging stations still lags. Towing an EV1 with an E-Tron helps deliver a reality check on towing. And electric vehicles are much cleaner than they were less than a decade ago.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. California requested from EPA the waiver required for implementation of the Pavley regulations in December 2005.

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Massachusetts sets state GHG emissions limit for 2020 at 25% below 1990 levels, releases plan with additional measures, including Pay As You Drive auto insurance

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Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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Road Test: 2023 Honda HR-V EX-L AWD

Clean Fleet Report

With a new design and built on a new platform, the 2023 Honda HR-V continues to be a good value with a roomy interior and 30+ mpg. Running on 87 octane, the EPA rates the HR-V AWD at 25 mpg city/30 highway/27 combined. In 323 miles driving mostly on Southern California freeways, we averaged 28.2

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

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Smooth, Quiet and 50+ MPG. The EPA estimates fuel economy to be 45 mpg city/51 highway/47 combined, numbers that make Clean Fleet Report smile, as we are happy to drive a car that is a serious fuel sipper. During our week in the Sonata Hybrid, we drove 345 miles through Southern California, averaging 49.3 A little fin help.

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