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Feature: Are Eco-Friendly Cars Expensive to Own?

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Hybrids and EVs can cost you less. They found that hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles (especially electric cars) easily saved their owners money when looking at the purchase price, fuel costs and regular maintenance. Average Monthly Costs of Hybrid, Electric, and Gas-Powered Cars. How Hybrid Vehicles Save You Money.

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Hyundai Debuts Sonata Hybrid at New York Show

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The Sonata Hybrid system. As promised ( earlier post ), Hyundai unveiled the Sonata Hybrid at the New York International Auto Show. The Sonata Hybrid is Hyundai’s first hybrid in the US market. Hyundai’s Hybrid Blue Drive has an all-electric mode and a parallel drive mode. Hyundai Hybrid Blue Drive.

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Toyota delivers fuel cell bus to Tokyo Metropolitan Government; more than 100 planned by 2020 Olympics

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The Toyota Fuel Cell System (TFCS), which was developed for the Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCV), has been adopted to provide better energy efficiency in comparison with internal combustion engines, as well as to deliver superior environmental performance with no CO 2 emissions or Substances of Concern (SoC) emitted when driving. 70 MPa (approx.

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Toyota introduces second-generation Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle as design and technology flagship

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The new Mirai is one part of an electrification strategy that also includes Toyota’s current and future hybrids and upcoming battery electric vehicles (BEVs). In comparison, the first-gen Mirai was FWD, and the larger stack was placed under a raised section of the passenger compartment floor. Ah, compared to 244.8v

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Toyota’s new conventional and hybrid powertrains for 2018 Camry deliver significant boost in efficiency

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2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE. liter V6 with D-4S Fuel Injection, both of which are paired to a new eight-speed Direct-Shift automatic transmission (8AT); and a next-generation Toyota Hybrid System (THS II). inches, respectively, in comparison to the longer stroke of the Camry’s new 2.5-liter Toyota Hybrid System.

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National Research Council Study Finds That Available Technologies Can Result in Significant Fuel Savings for Passenger Vehicles Over the Next 15 Years, But at Higher Purchase Prices for Consumers

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Using a 2007 base vehicle, the committee estimated the potential fuel savings and costs to consumers of available technology combinations for three types of engines over that timeframe: spark-ignition gasoline, compression-ignition (CI) diesel, and hybrid. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Engines Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins.

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BMW Provides Update on ActiveHybrid X6

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BMW’s first full hybrid model is able to run exclusively on electric power up to a speed of 60 km/h or 37 mph, with the combustion engine being activated automatically whenever required. This makes the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 the world’s most powerful production light-duty hybrid. Average fuel consumption in the EU5 test cycle is 9.9

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