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

Green Car Congress

The powertrain of the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) was named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines list. This is the first time that a plug-in hybrid powertrain has made the list. —Drew Winter, editor-in-chief, WardsAuto World magazine. The vehicle is powered by Hyundai’s 2.0-liter

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Out of the Closet? Is the Saab BioPower a Plug-in Hybrid?

Plugs and Cars

In Stockholm and LA it was just the BioPower 100, a 100% ethanol fueled hybrid. A premature press release identified it as a plug-in, but that was withdrawn and the plug was not to be found. Although Plenty magazine identifies it as a plug-in, nothing in the press material I found confirms this.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. Default: hybrid, not EV.

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Dissipating Doubt

Plugs and Cars

From the pricey ads in national magazines devoting serious space to the Volt to today's announcement about the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue, GM is compelling me to take their expressed interest in plug-in cars seriously. Leaving wiggle room, "2009-ish" brand general manager Jill Lajdziak said Thursday.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

liter V-8 generates 780 metric horsepower; another 220 hp comes from the plug-in hybrid’s electric motors. Ferrari As Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid, the SF90 integrates a trio of electric motors. Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. But that leaves two wheels and 220 hp unaccounted for.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. car when tech-savvy types can configure one in their garage by rewiring their existing hybrids. Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. The 100 m.p.g.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We We understand the situation, in terms of government andincentives,” Fukui said April 23 in Detroit.

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