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Consumer Reports finds Honda Accord hybrid fuel economy “impressive”, but short of EPA 47 mpg rating

Green Car Congress

Consumer Reports fuel economy tests found the Honda Accord Hybrid delivered impressive overall fuel-economy of 40 mpg (5.88 l/100 km), tying the smaller Honda Civic Hybrid and falling below the top-performing and smaller Toyota Prius hatchback by only 4 mpg.

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Interview: Jenny Chang, Kia Seltos Product Manager

Clean Fleet Report

The brands we are seeing new customers come from are Toyota, Honda and Subaru, but also Chevrolet and Ford. We will be hopefully getting traction from Subaru Crosstrek, Honda HR-V and Chevrolet Blazer (shoppers.) Kia already has the EV6, Niro, Sorento and Sportage electrified SUVs available now, with the EV9 coming soon.].

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2024 Hyundai Kona Review – Ready For New Challenges?

The Truth About Cars

The driving experience is generally nice enough with a dash of sport thrown in – the Kona is more engaging to drive than the Toyota Corolla Cross and on par with, if not a tad better than, the Honda HR-V. USB-A ports are replaced by USB-C, and the available digital key now works with Apple Wallet. Oh, and rear air vents.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

Green Car Congress

Volume 1 of the library, available now, includes: Improved fundamental models for C 0 to C 4 hydrocarbons, enabling accurate prediction of flame propagation, auto-ignition and emissions. Diesel fuel components, including n-heptane, iso-octane, decalin and alpha-methyl naphthalene (AMN).

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

They will join the one Honda Fuel Cell car currently in private hands in Southern California. See for yourself at www.epri-reports.org/ Vectrix - Awesome ZEV Maxi-Scooter Available Now The Vectrix made its debut in San Francsico. Still no truly firm date for either car, but GM has been stoking the expectation fire.

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