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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Plug-ins are trending in key markets around the country, although much of the action remains focused in California and other West Coast states. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Kia Sportage

Clean Fleet Report

Kia recently invited members of the automotive press to drive the 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid and X-Pro in sunny Palm Springs, California. Clean Fleet Report will have detailed reviews of the Sportage gasoline, hybrid and eventually the plug-in hybrid in the coming months. EPA Fuel Economy: Up to 42 mpg city/44 hwy/43 combined (FWD).

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Road Test: 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

Clean Fleet Report

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 210 miles through Southern California, averaging 48.6 Drives as well as it looks. Gets more than 50 mpg.

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California state senate approves bills extending sole-occupant HOV perk for plug-ins and alt fuel vehicles to 2019

Green Car Congress

The California state senate has approved two related bills ( AB-266 and SB-286 ) that extend the existing programs that allow solo drivers to use carpool lanes (high occupancy vehicle, HOV) lanes as an incentive. The state has implemented three clean air vehicle HOV sticker programs in recent years: White HOV stickers. Green HOV stickers.

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Hyundai prices 2018 Ioniq PHEV starting at $24,950; 29 miles all-electric range

Green Car Congress

Hyundai’s 2018 Plug-in Hybrid Ioniq ( earlier post ) is heading to dealerships now—joining the Hybrid and Electric models—with an aggressive starting price of $24,950—$5,000 less than the full battery-electric version of the Ioniq but with more than five times the range. Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid. The PHEV has a 3.3

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

In the 310 total miles we drove through Southern California we averaged 30.6 In the 310 total miles we drove through Southern California we averaged 30.6 Slotting just below the C40 Recharge will be the just announced EX30, compact SUV EV that arrives sometime in 2025. This felt quick and made freeway merging a breeze.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

greater investment in technologies that are either more nascent or have had trouble getting off the ground, including: nuclear fusion, a long-held dream that is just this side of physically impossible but that would simultaneously be far safer and more powerful than the nuclear fission approach that’s been used to date.