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2023 Toyota Prius Limited Review – Finally a Worthy Choice

The Truth About Cars

To be sure, the Prius is no sports car. liter four-cylinder/electric motor pairing – 194 horsepower now for front-wheel drive models like my test car, and 139 lb-ft of torque for all models – erases the pokiness of the past and brings the car up to date. I get it – sound deadening equals fuel-economy killing weight.

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2024 Subaru Crosstrek Review - For Those About To Flock, We Salute You

The Truth About Cars

But their bread is buttered with their bread-and-butter smaller cars, much like the 2024 Subaru Crosstrek seen here. & That’s why I’m thinking that a car like the Crosstrek is an ideal choice for a dad to buy. It’s comfortable enough on a road trip, and the fuel economy is better than most non-hybrid compact crossovers.

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2023 Toyota Prius Review – Better, But is That Good Enough?

The Truth About Cars

The Toyota Prius has pretty much always been focused solely on fuel economy. Driving dynamics took a back seat to fuel economy. If you bought a Prius (or leased one) you likely bought it for fuel economy – or maybe because it was affordable. Toyota claims this brings 0-60 times up to 7 seconds for FWD cars and 7.2

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2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Review – Cheap(ish) Speed

The Truth About Cars

For most car enthusiasts, a Ford Mustang without a V8 under the hood is sacrilege. Depending on how you option your car, you get either two separate digital screens or a one-piece curved glass screen with the gauges in front of the driver (duh) and the infotainment stuff angled towards said driver. liter turbocharged four-cylinder.

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EV Charging at Work Helps Employees Get Back to the Office

EV Connect

The Office Reimagined COVID-19 has had the most significant impact on the economy since the Great Recession in 2008, but when it comes to CRE, it has affected properties in different ways. As the economy continues to recover, families are looking to cut costs and reevaluate their budgets, and alternative energy will be a solution for many.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized. Market Drivers.

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What EPA vehicle standards are and what they mean for you

Plug in America

On March 20, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final vehicle standards for cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs. The target amount of average tailpipe emissions gets a bit lower each year, resulting in progressively cleaner cars. economy’s most polluting sector, with cars accounting for the majority of GHG emissions.

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