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Drive Notes: 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958

The Truth About Cars

This base model exudes retro charm -- it's clear Toyota is trying to play off of the classic Land Rover's reputation for no-frills utility. Pros It might sound weird for the Land Cruiser to go hybrid -- your only LC powertrain option is a hybrid setup that mates a 2.4-liter liter turbo four to two electric motors.

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Confirmed! Mitsubishi Triton to target BYD Ute and Ford Ranger with all-new plug-in hybrid system

EV Central

READ MORE: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV long-term review: Laziness destroys our fuel savings, but plug-in potential is clear READ MORE: Nissan and Mitsubishi micro EVs are the cheap electric cars we need ‘ READ MORE: Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Plug-in Hybrid EV review 2024 Mitsubishi Triton. 2024 Mitsubishi Triton.

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Initial Results of UK EV Driver Study Show Increased Confidence and Low Cost Recharging

Green Car Congress

The journey data gathered is already showing that the current generation of vehicles are cheap to run as well as being comparable to petrol and diesel vehicles for speed, ease of use and daily journey distance. —Brian Price, lecturer in Engineering Systems and Management at Aston.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. Aston Martin Valhalla – AMG V8 engine heavily tweaked by Aston Martin topped off with two electric motors. litre four-cylinder teamed to an electric motor to make a 180kW PHEV good for up to 55km on electricity.