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Feature: Are Eco-Friendly Cars Expensive to Own?

Clean Fleet Report

A study conducted by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) compared the lifetime costs of owning a gas-powered vehicle versus that of owning an eco-friendly vehicle. The motors that electric vehicles use have fewer moving parts than their gasoline-powered counterparts and don’t require oil changes.

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UPS adding 200 more series hybrid delivery trucks

Green Car Congress

UPS will add 200 new series hybrid electric delivery trucks to the company’s growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. Equipped with lithium ion batteries and a range-extender engine, these trucks will deliver significant fuel economy equivalency gains, approximately four times the fuel economy of a gasoline powered vehicle.

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An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test

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With strong encouragement and support of the Ford team, a robust charging network and a great car, the 1,796 miles was as pleasant and easy to drive as it would be in any other car. Electric vehicles are most efficient when driven in town to take advantage of the regenerative braking, or on the open road at slower speeds.

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News: 10 Best States To Own an EV

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Study Ranks Best and Worst Places To Drive Electric. That shouldn’t surprise anyone since it parallels what we know about conventional car ownership. When the numbers were tallied, states in the East and West Coasts clearly led the way as the best places to go electric. In some states going electric saves you more.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

In this time Genesis went from being a model in the Hyundai line-up to becoming a car company on its own. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030. note: “Electrified” is Genesis current nomenclature for its EV.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

Green Car Congress

During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. By contrast, at 25 miles per $3 gallon of gasoline, those miles cost 12 cents each. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.)

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

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All-Electric Performance AWD Luxury. I like to get drive impressions from my wife for some of the cars I review. After driving the 2023 Genesis GV60 Performance AWD for about 40 miles, she emphatically said this is the car she wants. Each of these are excellent all-electric SUVs (check out review links at the end of this story.