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Tesla Model S matches gas cars by going 320 miles at average speeds of 75 mph

Teslarati

The Tesla Model S reached a range on par with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles after logging 320 miles of range at 75mph during a highway fuel-economy test run. During the run, the test driver drove the Model S Long Range Plus through a 100-mile stretch of interstate, involving an out-and-back loop at 75 mph in cruise control.

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Consumer Reports finds Honda Accord hybrid fuel economy “impressive”, but short of EPA 47 mpg rating

Green Car Congress

Consumer Reports fuel economy tests found the Honda Accord Hybrid delivered impressive overall fuel-economy of 40 mpg (5.88 However, Consumer Reports’ engineers cautioned that buyers expecting their car to deliver the EPA’s figure of 47 mpg posted on the window sticker might be disappointed. Earlier post.).

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Road Test: 2021 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4xe

Clean Fleet Report

Jeep global CEO Christian Meunier closed out 2021 by announcing his brand’s goal of becoming the “zero emission freedom brand,” with the Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid (PHEV) as its first example. This is exactly what the 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe has to offer. The Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV is powered by two electric motors and a 2.0-liter

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

What we don’t know is why the car accelerated to a high rate of speed and went airborne before becoming a fireball. More to our speed is this Slate piece which came to my attention via a tweet from Car and Driver senior editor Andrew Krok. According to Krok, Kois never even reached out Car and Driver to ask about the Bentley.

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Scrapyard Find: 2010 Peugeot Bipper, Royal Mail Edition

The Truth About Cars

Last week, I joined fellow car writer Andrew Ganz on a four-day trip to Northern England, with one of Great Britain's two Ewe Pullet -style self-service junkyards as our primary destination. The Peugeot, Renault and Vauxhall sections are the biggest, which made for a fascinating scrapyard day for a couple of American car aficionados.

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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona: the ‘Brotherhood of Muscle’ goes electric – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona is a Detroit anomaly: it’s a passenger car in an age of trucks and SUVs, it’s battery-electric when U.S. The 707-horsepower Hellcat launched at $62,000, lower than any other car of equivalent power. The world’s “only” electric muscle car? Dodge says the EVs that replace them will be just as noisy.

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Outer Banks 4WD

Clean Fleet Report

That wild creature is now at your local Ford dealer where it will be taking on the Subaru Crosstrek , Mazda CX-30 and Jeep Compass and Renegade head-to-head. EPA fuel economy numbers for the 1.5L A 100-mile piece of those miles was an all-freeway run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph and in Eco mode, returning 32.1

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