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Electric VW Golf, Highlander Hybrid Nightshade, EV charging oases: Today’s Car News

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A California firm shows a more convenient vision for EV charging stations, while Electrify America taps into the grid at the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. The Toyota Highlander Hybrid remains one of the highest-mpg three-row SUVs. And the Toyota Highlander goes Nightshade. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Hyundai Santa Fe PHEV, US-made Polestar 3 SUV, Lincoln EV plans, Audi charging: Today’s Car News

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Polestar plans to build its first electric SUV in the U.S. The Hyundai Santa Fe Plug-In Hybrid is rated for range and mpg. And Audi is changing up its charging offerings with the E-Tron GT—including three years of free fast-charging. Lincoln confirms its first all-electric model due in 2022. Lincoln.

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2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid: At 39 mpg, the highest-mileage SUV without a charge port

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At 39 mpg, the RAV4 Hybrid is now the highest-mileage sport-utility vehicle (as the EPA lists them) without a charge port. Yesterday, when we brought you our 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid first drive review, we missed one very important point.

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Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid review, Ioniq 5 charging, “clean hydrogen” from coal: Today’s Car News

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The Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV will charge very quickly. We drove the 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid, and found this midsize SUV to occupy an ideal middle ground for midsize SUVs. Its 32-mpg. We drive the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid. And what does “clean hydrogen” mean to Congress and its infrastructure bill?

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2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: 36 mpg tops any other three-row SUV without a charge port

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Toyota appears to be focusing its hybrid sales toward SUVs and larger vehicles; and if you consider big family vehicles like the Highlander, capable of carrying up to eight, there’s a lot of efficiency to be gained in going hybrid. Over the past week, results posted by the EPA have confirmed exactly how significant that gain is.

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Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV completes EPA testing: 33 miles electric range, 77 MPGe

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Total range of the Alfa Romeo Tonale with a full battery charge is 360 miles. Combined fuel economy is 29 MPG. 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale (European spec shown) Alfa Romeo says that the Tonale is the most efficient plug-in hybrid C-SUV in the segment. The powertrain system uses the 1.3-liter

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Hyundai plans 12 new SUV models through 2021; ICE, hybrid, PHEV, BEV; 2022 Tucson

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Hyundai announced a sustained product blitz of 12 new and enhanced SUVs continuing through the 2021 calendar year. The fresh pipeline of new SUV products will include new and refined internal combustion, hybrid, plug-in, BEV and N performance models. As an introduction to this blitz, Hyundai unveiled the 2022 Tucson SUV.

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