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Road Test: 2024 Ford Maverick Lariat FWD Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The Most Fuel-Efficient Gas-Powered Pickup You Can Buy Ford Maverick Hybrid owners will willingly tell you all about their truck, so be prepared to hang-out for a while. A hybrid hit Hybrid Power/Efficiency to Love Clean Fleet Report spent a week in the 2024 Ford Maverick Lariat Hybrid, powered by a 2.5-Liter

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Maverick XL FWD EcoBoost

Clean Fleet Report

When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the 2022 Ford Maverick compact pickup, it was after driving it for about five hours. We came away impressed with what Ford had created. Among them, none may have been more important than the 2022 Ford Maverick. Who will buy the all-new 2022 Ford Maverick? That was in October 2021.

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Maverick XL FWD Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The enjoyment of driving the all-new 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid began with getting 45.4 Clean Fleet Report spent a week in the 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid XL, powered by a 2.5-Liter It is about 11 inches shorter than the midsize Ford Ranger but one inch longer than the Ford Explorer. A smaller, but not small pickup.

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Limited AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Hyundai’s first-ever pickup comes at a time where the Ford Maverick compact pickup is making waves of its own. The Ford Maverick is more truck-like, while the Hyundai Santa Cruz is more car-like. Offering the Santa Cruz as a hybrid would allow it to equal the Ford Maverick compact pickup for fuel efficiency.

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Man makes his own electric car

Green Cars News

Patrick Roth adapted his Ford Escort to run on electricity alone after conceiving the idea while running his hybrid Lexus. While adapting cars to run on high doses of biofuel is fairly common place, DIY electric cars are not. Roth claims the car now costs him the equivalent of just 75 cents a gallon to run.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

Huge leg space in front and back, just like in a Ford Mondeo or VW Passat. The cost of that usually starting just below $1,000 or changing the faulty modules (28 modules in a pack) individually that is much cheaper. I’ve never seen climate controls in any other car that were placed on the steering wheel for easy control.

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Road Test: 2021 Mazda CX-9 Signature AWD

Clean Fleet Report

For even more space, the second row folds flat producing plenty of room for a run to the DIY store or maybe some antiquing. Road Test: 2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid. Road Test: 2019 Ford Edge. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Road Test: 2018 Buick Enclave.

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