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Flash Drive: 2023 Kia Sportage

Clean Fleet Report

Fuel Economy: 25 mpg city/32 highway/28 combined. EPA Fuel Economy: 23 mpg city/28 highway/25 combined. EPA Fuel Economy: Up to 42 mpg city/44 hwy/43 combined (FWD). EPA Fuel Economy: TBD, should be similar to hybrid; 32-mile all-electric range. Front-Wheel Drive (FWD). All-Wheel Drive (AWD).

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Road Test: 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

Clean Fleet Report

Smart mode will give you the best fuel economy while compromising slightly on performance. 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. Road Test: 2019 Ford Fusion Energi.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

A disappointing compliance car, the Ford Focus EV, languished while plug-in hybrid versions of the midsize Fusion and small crossover C-Max sold relatively well, until Ford came up with a real plan. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class.

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

Green Car Congress

EPA combined fuel economy. In ECO mode, the DCT optimizes gear selection for efficiency, upshifting earlier to achieve class-leading fuel economy. These electronic systems are class-leading as Ioniq continues to break the mold for alternative fuel vehicle safety standards. Ioniq Hybrid (Blue).

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

It is tasteful and practical with eight exterior colors of Black Stone, Onyx Black, Fusion Red, Thunder Grey, Silver Dawn, Sage Green, Crystal White and Fjord Blue Metallic, which was the color C40 Recharge we drove. In addition, we aim to offer reviews and news on advanced technology and the alternative fuel vehicle market.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Despite focusing on clean-diesel technologies, VW has not been immune to alternative fuels. It has also launched flexible fuel vehicles in Brazil. In March 2009 however, its efforts really picked up pace as Ford launched to the US market the Ford Fusion Hybrid and the Milan Mercury Hybrid, both as 2010 models.

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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.