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Plugs and Cars
FEBRUARY 7, 2007
Now you will be able to move the car across the street for street cleaning days without using gasoline. Mistakenly blaming the battery type (NiMH) for the meager all-electric performance, AutoBlogGreen remains as confused as most auto journalists about plugs and cars, plug-in hybrids, electric cars, and batteries.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 6, 2015
Toyota anticipates that the 2016 RAV4 Hybrid—unveiled earlier this year at the New York International Auto Show ( earlier post ) and the eighth hybrid in Toyota’s line-up—will receive EPA ratings of 34 mpg city / 31 mpg highway / 33 mpg combined (6.9, The RAV4 gasoline version comes in four grades: LE, XLE, Limited and the new SE.
Clean Fleet Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
liter gasoline powered, 4-cylinder engine combined with the twin electric motors. Gas plus two electric motors The hybrid system automatically switches between the pure electric drive mode, combined electric motor and gasoline engine, and gasoline-only engine power. Your numbers may differ.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 31, 2010
As promised ( earlier post ), Hyundai unveiled the Sonata Hybrid at the New York International Auto Show. This means the wheels are turned by power coming directly from the gasoline engine, or the electric motor, or both together, as conditions demand. The Sonata Hybrid system. Click to enlarge. System net power [hp]. Hybrid system.
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 16, 2007
Bob Lutz, GM CEO, sat down to chat with some bloggers at the NY Auto Show, and PODTECH has the video. Asked why not Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in the Volt, at least to start, he says "NiMH just doesn't do it." It would take more weight to reach 40 miles, he says. What's so sacrosanct about 40 miles? But hold on.
Clean Fleet Report
AUGUST 25, 2022
MG 1 starts the gasoline engine and charges the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery, while MG2 drives the front wheels and regenerates the battery during braking and coasting, and MGR drives the rear wheels and also regenerates the battery. EV runs solely on electricity for about a half mile and/or only up-to 25 miles per hour.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 9, 2012
Ford unveiled the new 2013 Ford Fusion midsize sedan, with conventional gasoline engine; hybrid featuring a next-generation of Ford’s hybrid system; and plug-in hybrid versions at the Detroit Auto Show—the first production sedan to offer that trio of options. 2013 Ford Fusion. Click to enlarge.
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