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Hyundai Ioniq 6 deal, affordable Honda and Toyota EVs, Civic and Elantra hybrids: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Set to arrive in summer 2024, the 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid will be much more than a niche model, with the automaker anticipating 40% of Civic sales will be hybrids. Honda says hybrids made up more than a quarter of its total U.S. sales in calendar year 2023. 2023 Tesla Model Y – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

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The Hybrid Supercars You Can't Afford Even If You Want Them

Green Car Reports

Buying a hybrid used to be so simple. You'd go to your local Toyota or Honda dealer, and buy a Prius or a Civic Hybrid/Insight (delete as appropriate). Now, everything is going hybrid--and that includes luxury cars and supercars.

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UCS Hybrid ScoreCard Dings Automakers for Forced Features in Hybrid Offerings

Green Car Congress

Car buyers shouldn’t be forced to buy high-end bells and whistles when fuel economy and reducing emissions are their top priority. As an example, the UCS “Hybrid Scorecard” gives both the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid a high “hybrid value” rating.

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Honda, Acura neatly situated in 2023, says American Honda’s Mamadou Diallo

Baua Electric

The American client could be very emotional and desires to peer the product and purchase it immediately, however COVID educated shoppers to be ok with striking an sequence and looking ahead to their car instead than buying groceries from stock in a broker’s quantity. Affordability remains to be a priority for the business.

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

Green Cars News

Mercedes-Benz will also debut its all-new S400 Hybrid. Modern, clean diesel vehicles are becoming a competitive hybrid alternative. This year’s show will feature more clean diesels than ever before including some new affordable options such as the Volkswagen Golf TDI and the Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen TDI. Ford Escape Hybrid.