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Event: “Building an Electric Future” at the Petersen

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Museum Exhibit Review: 107 Years of Electric Cars. With the recent technological advancements and increased adoption of electric cars, SUVs and trucks, it is lost on most people that electricity was an early popular propulsion system for cars. The next two decades were the heyday of electrically powered cars, vans and trucks.

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News: 2023 Maserati GranTurismo Folgore EV

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Clean Fleet Report recently interviewed the head of Maserati in the Americas about the company’s electrification plans , plans that are now coming to fruition with the reveal of the all-new 2023 GranTurismo Folgore EV. seconds 200 mph top speed. First EV from Maserati. Classic Maserati up front. Here is what we know so far.

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Road Test: 2023 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE AWD PHEV

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Be careful listening to self-anointed experts that owning a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is not a wise choice or viable option when buying a new car. Those truly in the know have real world knowledge of why a PHEV is the perfect bridge between a gasoline-powered car and one propelled by only electricity.

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Road Test: Ford 2023 Escape PHEV

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The Natural Bridge to an EV Escaping the High Price of Fuel The natural bridge from a gasoline-powered car to an electric vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). A 37-mile range EV Electric and Gasoline Power The 2023 Ford Escape PHEV is powered by a 2.5-liter Two gasoline engines—a 1.5-liter

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News: 2023 Toyota and Lexus New Products

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Make sure to sign-up for the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (upper right) to be alerted when reviews are posted on several of these cars, trucks and SUVs. The Corolla Cross, launched in 2021 with a gasoline engine, will be joined in 2023 by the compact crossover Corolla Cross Hybrid, one more gasoline-electric hybrid offering from Toyota.

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Honda debuts hydrogen-powered Class 8 fuel cell Semi truck concept

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Honda is debuting a hydrogen semi truck concept at this year’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, an annual expo focusing on clean medium and heavy duty vehicles, next week in Las Vegas. That said, these are still small efforts compared to the burgeoning battery-electric truck market.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

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liter, turbocharged 4-cylinder gasoline 298 horsepower (hp)/295 pound-feet (lb.-ft.) seconds MPG: 21 city/29 highway/24 combined Small displacement, but dual power R/T Plus – Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) 1.3-liter, liter, turbocharged 4-cylinder gasoline 288 hp/383 lb.ft The primary way to charge the 15.5

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