Available California Fuel Economy Nickel Metal Hydride 
Clean Fleet Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD Standout Fuel-Efficient Premium Compact Crossover The 2023 Lexus UX continues as the smallest compact crossover utility vehicle (CUV) from Toyota’s premium division. In the 210 miles we put on the CUV, averaging 65 miles per hour traversing Southern California highways, we had an average of 41.5
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. The EPA rates fuel economy at 31 mpg city/28 highway/30 combined.
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 5, 2021
Now, the 2021 Sienna, like the Venza, is only available as a hybrid. Clean Fleet Report found the 2020 Sienna to be roomy for both people and their things, but not very fuel efficient, which the all-new Sienna addresses in a big way. Smooth power and excellent fuel economy. Your numbers may differ.
Clean Fleet Report
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
The trick to getting the highest fuel economy in a hybrid is learning how to drive it efficiently. Fuel economy for the 2022 UX 250h, which runs on 87 octane gasoline, is EPA rated at 41 mpg city/38 highway/39 combined, but in the Eco drive mode our time traversing Southern California highways covered 221 miles at an average of 42.7
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2009
The Gen III Prius offers an EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy of 50 mpg (now revealed to comprise 50 mpg city and 49 mpg highway). This is about a 10% improvement in EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy over the older generation. Nominal pack voltage of the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery remains at 201.6
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 16, 2007
Asked why not Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in the Volt, at least to start, he says "NiMH just doesn't do it." And nickel mining is such dirty business we ought move right to benign lithium. If Lutz means it, GM should have no objection to a reinvigorated ZEV mandate in California. Or is lithium the new hydrogen?
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 24, 2006
The result is an 80+ mile-per-gallon vehicle — with even greater fuel economy possible utilizing bio-fuels. Nothing has to be invented to produce a plug-in hybrid vehicle,” says Dr. Andrew Frank, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California at Davis and Director of the UCD Hybrid Electric Research Center.
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