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Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150

Green Car Congress

Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter

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What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies

Clean Fleet Report

Venice, CA Civics will last, but they do have a finite lifespan Studies show that the typical combustion engine has a lifetime expectation of about 200,000 miles. Or Become a Convert Another possibility is to convert your gasoline-powered engine to electric. See more at E Magazine. — Tom C.,

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2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid powertrain named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines List

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—Drew Winter, editor-in-chief, WardsAuto World magazine. Unlike other hybrids in the segment, the Sonata Plug-in Hybrid utilizes a six-speed automatic transmission with a 50 kW electric motor in place of the standard torque converter. kWh lithium polymer battery pack provides an all-electric range (AER) of 27 miles (43 km).

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A closer look at why heat pumps are dominating EV HVAC systems

Charged EVs

If you want to heat up a space that is cold, there are a number of options, from burning a fuel to directly converting electricity into heat (i.e. If you want to heat up a space that is cold, there are a number of options, from burning a fuel to directly converting electricity into heat (i.e.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range.

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