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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The 2023 UX 250h runs on 87 octane and is EPA rated at 43 mpg city/41 highway/42 combined. 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 The nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus RX 450h F Sport AWD

Clean Fleet Report

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.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus UX 250h F Sport AWD

Clean Fleet Report

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 mpg, and on short in-town runs I was getting in excess of 50 mpg.

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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Sienna Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Using 87 octane fuel, the engine and transmission combination earned an EPA fuel economy rating of 36 mpg city/36 highway/36 combined. In 313 miles of driving through Southern California we averaged 35.6 The nickel metal hydride battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting.

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Toyota Previews Generation III 2010 Prius Hybrid

Green Car Congress

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). The 2ZR-FXE engine is SULEV-rated (with AT-PZEV) in California, and has a Federal Tier 2 Bin 3 rating. Battery pack. An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system has also been added.

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CalCars' PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Add batteries and grid-charging, and you get PRIUS+, a "plug-in" hybrid (PHEV). On the highway, it runs just like any other Prius, with the gasoline engine doing most of the work -- and the extra batteries kicking in to improve performance at ALL speeds. That means no gas when you do your errands on local streets at 35mph.

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Friday, 4 Dec 09. And the "Spirit" is on Target for Florence, Pinal Cty, , then on-ward to Parker, La Paz Cty and to Yuma, Yuma Cty Thereafter

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

The vehicle expands Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive technology with the introduction of a first generation lithium-ion battery that enables all-electric operation at higher speeds and longer distances than the conventional Prius hybrid. Regional programs are currently slated for California, Washington D.C.,