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Sportier Escape Hybrid, Toyota Crown mpg, US motors for Rivian, Hummer EV recall: Today’s Car News

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The Ford Escape Hybrid takes a sportier-looking turn. GM has recalled the Hummer EV over battery-pack sealing. Rivian is getting U.S.-built built motors. Toyota is reportedly doing some soul-searching on a master plan for its EVs. And the Avalon’s all-hybrid, all-wheel-drive replacement gets pricing and fuel economy numbers.

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Ford Escape mpg, Lincoln plug-in miles, Taycan 4S driven: Today’s Car News

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Fuel economy ratings are out for the Ford Escape Hybrid, and it’s a tick ahead of the RAV4 Hybrid. GM adds diesel to the Suburban and Tahoe. Lincoln’s first plug-in vehicle is rated for range. And we take the Porsche Taycan to California canyons and the cold Arctic. This and more, today at Green Car Reports.

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Genesis GV60 and Ford Escape PHEV reviews, dual-charge-port GM EVs, electric RVs: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Why were the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 recalled? How much emissions comes from tires, again? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 20, 2022. How does the first luxury relative of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 drive and perform? You’ll want to read our review of.

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GM investing $24M in electrical generation equipment to use more landfill gas at two plants

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The new equipment will generate more than 14 MW of electricity from landfill gas, helping GM avoid producing more than 89,000 metric tons of CO 2 per year. GM also will save a combined $10 million in energy costs each year at the facilities. —Rob Threlkeld, GM global manager of renewable energy. and Orion, Mich.,

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Ford EV sales boost led by Mustang Mach-E, loses #2 sales spot to GM

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And this year’s highly anticipated new product launches with Super Duty, Escape, Mustang, and Ranger will only add to this momentum,” said Andrew Frick, VP of sales distribution and trucks. The post Ford EV sales boost led by Mustang Mach-E, loses #2 sales spot to GM appeared first on TESLARATI.

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GM and Ford jointly to develop new 9- and 10-speed automatic transmissions

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Engineering teams from GM and Ford have already started initial design work on these new transmissions. —Jim Lanzon, GM vice president of global transmission engineering. This new agreement marks the third time in the past decade that GM and Ford have collaborated on transmissions.

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2019 Ford Escape to get plug-in hybrid, plus Expedition SUV hybrid, Lincoln versions too: report

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GM has the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, sales of its Chevy Bolt EV 238-mile electric car have risen every month, and it plans a pair of all-electric SUVs by 2020—but Ford now offers just two vehicles that plug in.

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