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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. I’ve never seen climate controls in any other car that were placed on the steering wheel for easy control. Yes, the climate control is also electric, making it also working when the 1.5

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2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid review: Meet the cheapest electrified car now on-sale in Australia

EV Central

In other words it can’t actually run on electricity alone, only assist its petrol engine. litre triple-cylinder petrol engine that combines with a five-speed manual transmission in the cheapest model and with a CVT in the rest. There is a worthy argument EV Central shouldn’t even be reviewing the 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid. SCORE: 4.0/5

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power review: Is it better than a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?

EV Central

We will get to how it all works in a moment, but the short version is that, while you still get a petrol engine with your electric motors, the former is only used to recharge the battery or deliver power to the motors — it never actually drives the wheels — giving you what Nissan calls an “EV-like” drive experience, and improved fuel efficiency.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term.

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

Much has been achieved through fakery – ‘petrol’ engine note and gear shifts included – but there’s been no reason to hide this. This would be typical of most track sessions with a petrol performance car, really. 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N I’m happy to report there’s three big ticks awarded.

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2024 Peugeot e-2008 review: Is this affordable European electric SUV a true rival to the Tesla Model Y and BYD Atto 3?

EV Central

You can, in the genuinely sexy shape of the Peugeot e-2008 — the all-electric version of the brand’s impressive ICE-powered small SUV, having done away with the petrol motor in favour of a small-ish battery and a front-mounted electric motor. So, how does it stack up against its very solid competition?

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ECE / Featured / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hearts and minds But he admits that lack of awareness is not the only thing preventing a sceptical public from seeing EVs as a feasible alternative to the petrol and diesel cars they know and love. And they will probably come from China, if we do not start creating a really dutch alternative, cheap, simple, ultra lightweight and modularized.

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