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2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Review – Cheap(ish) Speed

The Truth About Cars

For most car enthusiasts, a Ford Mustang without a V8 under the hood is sacrilege. Full disclosure: Ford flew me to Southern California and fed and housed me. Ford says it is using the Unreal Engine 3D platform that is used in computer gaming. The EcoBoost version of the Mustang has offered over 300 horsepower since 2015.

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2025 Cadillac Optiq Debuts As Compact Luxury Electric For The Whole World

The Truth About Cars

Range is estimated to be around 300 miles until the EPA says otherwise. While that’s still not cheap for a modestly sized crossover, this is supposed to be an EV from a luxury nameplate and one the brand said has achieved class-leading interior space (second row and cargo).

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Who's Your Gas Buddy? 16 Cars With 40-MPG Gas Mileage On Sale Now

Green Car Reports

Figuring the days of cheap gas are over? Well, just because the EPA rates a specific car at the magic 40-mpg mark doesn't mean you'll actually get 40 mpg. New: 2012 Ford Focus SFE. Gas prices got you all nervous? Thinking about a new car with much better gas mileage?

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The Tesla Cybertruck’s looks are not as big of a deal as critics think

Teslarati

Even the Ford F-150 Lightning, which seems to be on track to become one of the most popular all-electric pickup trucks in the market, does not match up to the Cybertruck’s specs. Tesla has so far not disappointed when it comes to its vehicles’ EPA-rated miles. Credit: Ford Motor Company and Eric Rihlmann/Instagram.

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Road Test: 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 Duramax 4WD Crew Cab AT4 CarbonPro

Clean Fleet Report

liter Duramax turbodiesel is EPA rated at 22 mpg city/26 highway/24 combined. About those radio knobs and the climate control wheels: they are constructed using a cheap-feeling chromed plastic. Road Test: 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid. Road Test: 2018 Ford F-150 PowerStroke Diesel. Fuel economy for the 3.0-liter

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD; whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. Ford, Hyundai, Kia, and GM will all launch vehicles into that segment over the next couple of years. Whatever it is, it won’t be cheap Defining the ID.Buzz as a vehicle is difficult. It also said nothing on predicted EPA range ratings.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. SZ (1) 6753.T

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