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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

Again, here are the rules: The vehicle has to be a car/truck/SUV/crossover at least one of us drove during the calendar year, even if only for a few minutes. Honorable mentions: Toyota Supra manual, Toyota Prius, BMW 330i, Cadillac CT4 Blackwing, Kia EV6 GT, Chevrolet Trax Activ. Now, predictably, it's time for our picks for the best.

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Report: Increasing fuel prices drive hybrid, diesel and small car sales in US to outpace market in 1Q 2011

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By contrast, Baum notes, sales of SUVs grew only 7.2% Conversely, SUVs and pickups trail the overall market significantly. Given these growth rates, market share for small vehicles is impressive, with share declining in SUVs and pickups. Pricing on SUVs and pickups in the used market is down over the last several months.

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UCS Hybrid ScoreCard Dings Automakers for Forced Features in Hybrid Offerings

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By contrast, the 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid has a very high hybrid value. The Honda Insight, conversely, has no forced features, delivers more than 40 miles per gallon, and emits relatively little global warming pollution. The Prius scored a 9.8 The luxury Lexus LS 600h L hybrid is the worst offender. out of a possible 10.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

On January 28 GM announced that it plans (aspires) to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035, ending production of its cars, trucks and SUVs with diesel- and gasoline-powered engines. The “30 New EVs by 2025” Promise. Read veteran EV journalist John Voelcker’s take on how much of the media got this announcement wrong.).

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., January 2009 | Conversations The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., Q: What about hydrogen?

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Ford Conducts Design of Experiment Investigating Thermoelectric Energy Regeneration

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engine with an Atkinson-cycle engine, as used in Ford’s Escape hybrid SUV. Steady-state power inputs, outputs, and thermoelectric (TE) conversion, modeled by Ford engineers as part of a preliminary investigation into TE power generation. Adapted from Hussain et. Click to enlarge. Using an assumed exhaust gas mass flow rate of 56.5

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