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2025 Lexus UX 300h AWD hybrid earns 42 mpg, starts around $40,000

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The updated 2025 Lexus UX 300h has been given official EPA ratings, and for the popular all-wheel-drive version they’re a bit better than what the Toyota luxury brand estimated months ago. That drops the 0-60 mph times slightly, to 7.9 The Lexus RZ 450e is the only fully electric Lexus model at present, but more are on the way.

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Lexus to introduce new active safety package from 2015

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Lexus will next year launch the “Lexus Safety System +” package, a newly-developed set of active safety technologies designed to help prevent or mitigate collisions across a wide range of vehicle speeds. Lexus Safety System + PCS Capabilities. Hazards detected. Automated braking operational range. 10 km/h – top speed.

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Future Cars: Concept EVs for 2023 and Beyond

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Lexus EV Sports Car. If you’ve been napping the past couple months and missed these concepts, you may have missed a glimpse of the future of electric vehicles. As with all concepts, there is no guarantee they will be built or will look much like the concept once it arrives at your local dealership. Lexus Sports Car.

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Toyota unveils new TNGA-based engines and transmissions and improved hybrid systems; deployment begins in 2017

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The new powertrain units provide approximately 10% better power performance (in terms of the time needed for a gasoline-powered vehicle to accelerate from 0-60 mph and for a hybrid vehicle to accelerate from 25-43.5 mph) and approximately 20% better fuel economy. Dynamic Force Engines. The first announced member of the lineup is a 2.5-liter

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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It uses an infrared laser sensor built into the windshield to monitor the area in front of the SUV when traveling at speeds of about 2 to 19 mph. If the speed difference between vehicles is less than 9 mph, City Safety helps drivers avoid some crashes altogether. It’s not designed to work at speeds faster than 19 mph.

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Camry in Europe features new 2.0L engine with VVT-iW for both Atkinson and Otto cycles; 13% lower fuel consumption

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seconds, and on to a top speed of 210 km/h (130 mph). VVT-iW was first introduced in 2013 on the Lexus NX 200t with the direct-injected 2.0L VVT-iW was first introduced in 2013 on the Lexus NX 200t with the direct-injected 2.0L The Lexus RC F also features an Atkinson-Otto combination. l/100 km (32.7 turbo 8AR-FTS engine.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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One of the designers called Buick “ premium without being pretentious ” Buick appears to be targeting a Lexus like experience. The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Buick will focus on North America and China. Build better products. Click to enlarge. During my test drive I drove a 3.2

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