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Feature: Are Eco-Friendly Cars Expensive to Own?

Clean Fleet Report

They found that hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles (especially electric cars) easily saved their owners money when looking at the purchase price, fuel costs and regular maintenance. 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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Ethanol Politics, Tesla Gigafactory Workers, CA Used Electric-Car Incentive: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, find out about bills that oppose the mixing of ethanol with gasoline for cars and trucks, Panasonic's plan to send workers to the Tesla "Gigafactory" in Nevada, and why certain California buyers will get incentives for used electric-car purchases. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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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

Clean Fleet Report

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: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The 3,800 team members, as Hyundai calls them, are building the all-new 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 that joins electric models of the GV60 EV and the Electrified G80 , both of which are assembled in South Korea. Both GV70s share a platform that was specifically designed for a gasoline engine and electric motors.

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News: 10 Best States To Own an EV

Clean Fleet Report

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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