The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 31, 2024

Comparative Performance: Hybrids, PHEVs, and ICE Vehicles Hybrids emerge as more reliable options, experiencing 26 percent fewer problems than ICE vehicles. Conversely, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) show an average of 146 percent more problems compared to ICE vehicles. In contrast, U.S.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Today, we've got good news from Oklahoma and bad news by a former Oklahoman, VW attacking Tesla, the incipient plug-in model of the Kia Niro, and an update on used electric cars. We updated an earlier article on fast-moving used electric cars to add a nuance we'd missed. Win one for hybrid and electric car.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For example, what is a hybrid vehicle, PHEV, or EV, and what are the differences between them and their advantages and disadvantages? For example, what is a hybrid vehicle, PHEV, or EV, and what are the differences between them and their advantages and disadvantages? Hybrid Vehicles. Hybrid car pros & cons.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 1, 2023

BYD sold 90,639 pure electric passenger vehicles and 101,025 plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles in February. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. The post BYD posts 193,655 NEV sales in Feb, up 28% from Jan appeared first on CnEVPost.

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CN EV Post

JANUARY 2, 2023

BYD sold 111,939 pure electric passenger cars and 122,659 plug-in hybrids in December. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. The post BYD sells 235,197 NEVs in Dec, up 2% from Nov appeared first on CnEVPost.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 12, 2024

NEVs ; another article that should start with clarification. These include - but are not limited to - plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCVs). The majority of cars sold by BYD, for example, are hybrids - with varying, but smaller, batteries than BEVs.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

At first one a day, and then more, we wrote articles on fuel efficiency, hybrids, diesel vehicles, and the plug-in electric cars that were then still two years away from the market. Five years ago today, Green Car Reports began a daily publishing schedule.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 16, 2023

The first B+ class hybrid sedan in BYD's Ocean series will be unveiled on the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18, the new energy vehicle (NEV) maker announced yesterday. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. BYD's booth is 7A06, located in Hall 7.1, and the company's presentation will begin tomorrow at 10:20.

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CN EV Post

JULY 28, 2022

1 in the mainstream plug-in hybrid market, and XPeng P7 ranked No. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. NIO ES8 ranked No. 1 in the luxury pure electric market, Li ONE ranked No. 1 in the mid-size pure electric sedan market.

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CN EV Post

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

BYD sold 103,157 all-electric passenger cars and 114,361 plug-in hybrids in October. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. The post BYD sells record 217,816 NEVs in Oct, up 8% from Sept appeared first on CnEVPost.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Focus on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles The study pays special attention to electric and hybrid vehicles, including new criteria specific to these types of vehicles. These criteria assess electric motors, hybrid batteries, and charging systems. These scores reflect a trend towards higher reliability across these manufacturers.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

BYD sold 98% of its hybrid cars at home last year, and eight of the 10 top-selling plug-in hybrid cars in China, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. BYD, which is backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, did not respond to requests for comment.

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CN EV Post

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

BYD's pure electric vehicle models will increase in price by RMB 10,000 and plug-in hybrid models will rise by RMB 6,000, local media reported earlier. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. The post BYD denies it will raise prices after rumor sparked widespread buzz appeared first on CnEVPost.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 11, 2022

A few days ago, my colleague Steve wrote an article about the problems European regulators are having with plug-in hybrids (PHEV). The theoretical emissions, based on unreal conditions and driving, often ends up being far below what the cars actually emit with real-world conditions and non-hypermiling drivers.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. At the end of this article, Prof. Andy Frank makes the observation that parallel hybrids (Toyota Prius) are cheaper than series hybrids (Chevy Volt).

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Drive EV

AUGUST 6, 2016

A winner in the Large Family Car class in the recent Next Green Car Awards even before its showroom debut here, the new Passat GTE is now available – starting at £36,525 (RRP OTR), excluding Government Plug-In Car Grant of £2,500.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 7, 2013

It has been the BMW i3 that has been stealing the electric car spotlight in recent weeks after being unveiled in London (see article) ahead of an official UK launch in November: however, now it is the turn of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid (pictured) to take centre stage. Latest News Green cars Hybrid cars BMW'

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Teslarati

JANUARY 3, 2023

Those vehicles are classified as electric vehicles because they are plug-in hybrid EVs. Some of these vehicles include plug-in hybrid EVs that use gas and batteries. At the time of this article, the petition has 19,525 signatures. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 3, 2023. Your feedback is welcome.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 19, 2007

Simply put, as the first sentence of the article states, [W]hen consumers understand what plug-in hybrids are, they want them. Tags: ethanol plug-in hybrid flex-fuel. All that's needed, the survey discovered, is a dollop of education. Wonder why? The answer is contained in another part of the survey.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In an open-access paper published in Scientific Reports , a team from Fraunhofer ISI and KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) has presented the first systematic overview of empirical findings on the electrification of vehicle mileage based on on actual PHEV (plug-in hybrid) and BEV (battery-electric vehicle) usage for the US and Germany.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Just one day after we revealed massive growth in sales for alternative fuel vehicles in the UK (see article), we can now reveal the best-selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in the USA is… The Chevrolet Volt (pictured)!

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The Toyota Plug-in Hybrid will be officially launched in January (see article) and the Panasonic Group has confirmed that it will supply the vehicle’s lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Yesterday we told you how the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid had surpassed the Chevrolet Volt as the best-selling plug-in vehicle (see article): and now Ford has revealed a fast start to its electric car and plug-in vehicle sales.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. New for the 2022 model year, the 2023 XC60 Recharge continues to deliver performance and all-electric and hybrid efficiency in a premium compact SUV.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 15, 2024

The need for improvement is underscored by the lower trust non-Tesla BEV owners have in dealers for complex repairs, compared to their gas-powered and plug-in hybrid counterparts. This article was co-written using AI and was then heavily edited and optimized by our editorial team.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Additionally, the Beyond Tailpipe Emissions Calculator , developed by the EPA and DOE, is a user-friendly tool designed to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions from charging and driving an EV or a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). This advantage remains true even when considering the electricity utilized for charging EVs.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 3, 2010

Forget a one-two punch – it’s a hat-trick of hybrids for Porsche at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Having already introduced the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid with flywheel KERS (see article) and the Cayenne S Hybrid (see article), now the company has revealed a plug-in hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder concept car.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 10, 2011

Not content with unveiling the Focus Electric (see article), Ford appears to have caught the green car bug after it revealed two next-generation hybrids at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Recent news articles have noted that sales of hybrid-electric vehicle are in a bit of a funk. Some analysts have started to speculate that sales of hybrids may have already reached a peak, and certainly falling gas prices are a disincentive to pay more for a higher-efficiency vehicle.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 30, 2023

The Landian E5 is a mid-size plug-in hybrid SUV with a starting price of RMB 139,900. Seres today officially unveiled the Landian (蓝电) brand and made its first model, the plug-in hybrid E5, available with technology from Huawei and BYD , according to an online launch event. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.4

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

ownership: Toyota 51%, Panasonic HD 49%) mass produce batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), with the latter also making batteries for battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). (PEVE) a wholly owned subsidiary in order to strengthen its capabilities in mass-producing automotive batteries.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2010

A few days ago we revealed that Volvo would introduce a plug-in hybrid car by 2012 (see article) – and now we have details of a much wider plug-in hybrid project from the company.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

Interest in plug-in cars of all sorts is real and growing. However, as the article points out, it feels like a trip down a well-traveled green road to nowhere. took an image beating when it backed away from a pledge to put 250,000 hybrids on the road by 2010. But there it is in a Detroit News Autos Insider piece today.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In this week’s episode, we discuss Elon Musk’s $55 billion Tesla compensation package getting rescinded, Cybertruck’s PowerShare details coming, GM goes back to plug-in-hybrids, and more. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

They gathered information on the total number of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), which include battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell cars, from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. This article was co-written using AI and was then heavily edited and optimized by our editorial team.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 6, 2007

With an Auto Show overview article dated tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 7, the New York Times becomes the first publication to name the much-anticipated GM plug-in hybrid vehicle. says the Volt, a plug-in hybrid, could deliver the equivalent of 150 miles a gallon.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

It was just last week that Jaguar made headlines proving the incredible efficiency of its new diesel car (see article) – and now the luxury car maker is back in the green car headlines. That’s because the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has honoured Jaguar Land Rover’s Range_e technology concept for a plug-in [.].

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