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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

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. Your numbers may differ.

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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 system comprises a 3.5-liter

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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Sienna Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

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. Using 87 octane fuel, the engine and transmission combination earned an EPA fuel economy rating of 36 mpg city/36 highway/36 combined. Your numbers may differ.

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Lutz Chats Volt with "Fellow Bloggers"

Plugs and Cars

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?

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. Today we could be using lead-acid EVs, lead-carbon-acid EVs, or nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion hybrids.