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Hyundai Unveils New 1.6L Gamma GDI, 3.3 Lambda GDI Engines; New Verna

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Gamma GDI (gasoline direct injection) engine; the latest edition of its 3.3L Lambda V-6 engine with GDI; and staged the world-premiere of its all-new Verna subcompact. is the smallest Hyundai engine yet to benefit from the application of Gasoline Direct Injection technology. Fuel economy is rated 5.7 Gamma 1.6L

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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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Monthly fuel economy of the retrofitted Honda Civic during the first 9 months of the fleet test. DOE researchers attributed the significant fuel economy reduction for May, June, and July as most likely being due to significant mountain driving and the likely use of the vehicle’s air conditioning. Source: DOE.

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Toyota Prius named WhatGreenCar of the Year

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The 10 cars up for contention for the 2009 Award included: the Citroen C1 ev’ie electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric, Toyota iQ, Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, third-generation Toyota Prius hybrid, Volvo S40/V50 DRIVe start-stop, new Honda Insight hybrid, VW Passat BlueMotion 2, BMW 318d saloon, and the Citroen C3 Picasso compact-MPV.

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