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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

First debuting in 2017, the Niro is a key model for Kia as it offers three different propulsion choices, all of which offer excellent fuel economy or all-electric driving range. Head of the hybrid MPG class Hybrid Efficiency Efficient, but not quick The 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid running on 87 octane is the class leader in fuel economy.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. It has now received a Certificate of Conformity for the Semi from the EPA. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5 Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now.

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PHEV Energy Bill

Plug In Partners

Priority given to recently closed facilities or facilities in danger of closing SEC 133 Inclusion of Electric Drive in Energy Policy Act of 1992 Adds PHEVs, hybrids, and Neighborhood Electric Vehicles to list of those vehicles receiving credit under Epact fleet requirements.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. Plug In America makes no representations as to the workmanship, creditworthiness, or any other attributes of the companies listed or of their products or services.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts.

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Road Trip: 2021 Volkswagen ID4

Clean Fleet Report

The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) rates the driving range at 250 miles, with an impressive 97 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent), a measure of the powertrain’s efficiency. Driving around town, stuck in stop-and-go rush hour freeway traffic or coasting down hills will recharge the battery.

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