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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid XSE

Clean Fleet Report

The XSE trim is new to the 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid, offering sporty styling cues that reinforce the value and appeal of this highly efficient five-passenger sedan. A sleeker, more slippery Camry Hybrid. Hybrid Efficiency. New Sporty Look for the Affordable 50 MPG Midsize Sedan. Topping out at more than 50 MPG.

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Argonne Study Examines Impact of Real World Drive Cycles on Efficiency and Cost of Different PHEV Configurations

Green Car Congress

Camry hybrid) PHEV with a 4 kWh and an 8 kWh pack; and a series hybrid (extended-range electric vehicle, e.g., Volt) with a 12 kWh and a 16 kWh pack. These were compared to a conventional HEV, using the same hybrid drive as the power split PHEV, and a conventional combustion engine vehicle. Cost benefit analysis.

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Driving my Tesla Model 3 from Denmark to Coral Bay WA

My Electric Car

The first thing I did was to look at the Plug Share app to see where we could charge and calculate distances. Kalbarri has a destination charger, but we didn’t need to use it as we plugged into a normal power outlet in the carport of our holiday rental and toured around from there for a few days.

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Camry hybrid, Ioniq 5 N reviews; Prius and Cybertruck recalls; Highlander EV: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

In a first drive of the 2025 Toyota Camry hybrid , we found that the hybrid system blends into the background—just like the rest of the car, which has now appropriately gone all-hybrid. The plug-in series hybrids would have used dramatically downsized engines—a turbo-2 for the EQS—while halving the EV battery pack.

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The Beast in the Rumble Seat

Plugs and Cars

There is more to Dan Neil's recent LA Times column than a favorable review of yet another gasoline-only hybrid. He likes the Nissan Altima Hybrid well enough. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans." More important, Neil says, is that it comes from an automaker that had scoffed at "hybridization."

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

Clean Fleet Report

While the looks are what catches the eye in the 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited, it is the efficiency that raises an eyebrow. Hyundai has electrification figured out, with the Sonata Hybrid reaping the benefits in what may be the best hybrid sedan you can buy. The front-wheel drive Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is powered by a 2.0-liter

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Road Test: 2022 Kia K5 GT 2.5L

Clean Fleet Report

High-Performance Version of a Midsize Sedan. When the K5 replaced the Optima in 2021, Kia’s intention was to disrupt the midsize sedan market. Built on an all-new platform, the K5 is wider, longer and lower than the Optima, more powerful, and takes design cues from the performance minded Kia Stinger. The EPA rates the 2022 K5 GT 2.5L Smooth looks.

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