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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

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The target customer may be someone buying their first Lexus and their first luxury car, a combination Lexus wants to take the lead in reaching. Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. Your numbers may differ.

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UC Davis Researchers Suggest the Battery Problem Seen to Be Slowing Electric Drive Commercialization Is Perceptual as Well as Technological

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The design space was presented to a sample of 2,373 new-vehicle buying households in the US. However, research suggests that most consumers have little experience or understanding of electric drive, and have difficulty quantifying their valuation of fuel economy. Axsen et al.

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Toyota broadly outlines next-generation Prius; developing wireless inductive charging for the plug-in model; bullish on hydrogen

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Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. To truly have an effect, our industry must develop a diverse array of products that consumers are willing to buy.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus UX 250h F Sport AWD

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The target customer may be someone buying their first Lexus and their first luxury car, a combination Lexus wants to take the lead in reaching. The trick to getting the highest fuel economy in a hybrid is learning how to drive it efficiently. The nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting.

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Mixed Outlook for Mainstream Consumer Adoption of PHEVs

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Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. The Most Plausible Early Market consumers value fuel economy. Source: Ken Kurani. Click to enlarge. Ken Kurani. Tax the fuel.”

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Toyota Previews Generation III 2010 Prius Hybrid

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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

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Campaign Begins

Plug In Partners

The result is an 80+ mile-per-gallon vehicle — with even greater fuel economy possible utilizing bio-fuels. For example, an area pest control company has pledged to buy up to 150 light weight plug-in trucks, once they are produced. Last year, U.S. According to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), half the cars in the U.S.