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Tesla Recall, Pickup Truck MPG, 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Tesla recalls every Model S electric car to check seat belts, we compare pickup truck fuel economy for Ford, General Motors, and Ram, and the 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage debuts at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. The Chevrolet Bolt EV, 2016 Toyota Prius, and wireless electric-car charging are just some of.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. The system replaced the starter motor and alternator with a belt-driven motor/generator rig that generated five horsepower and 48 pound-feet. liter engine and automatic).

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Third Phase of SDGE In-Use Study Shows PHEVs Excel on Fuel Economy and GHG Emissions Reductions Compared to Gasoline ICE and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

SDG&E tested the performance of two 2007-model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids, using a Hymotion 5 kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. When compared with the standard hybrid, the plug-in hybrid, at 68 mpg US (3.5 When compared with the standard hybrid, the plug-in hybrid, at 68 mpg US (3.5

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% General Motors. Some highlights: The all-new redesigned Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever July sales of 19,173 units, up 29.7% Hybrids had an especially good month, with reported sales jumping 31.8% Monthly sales of hybrids.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. They convert Toyota Prius hybrids into mostly electric vehicles that get 100 to 150 miles per gallon.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

General Motors has done something remarkable, enough so that we were tempted to jump them up to the top of this chart until they stumbled recently. The company also continues to promise volume EVs for consumers, but appears to plan to do that on its own timetable, which may be based on the development of a new generation of batteris.

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

To date, two manufacturers — Tesla and General Motors — saw the tax credit phaseout completely. The credit is not available for Tesla vehicles acquired after December 31, 2019 and General Motors EV purchased after March 31, 2020. Of these five, the Toyota Prius Prime is the only one that sells in any significant volume.