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2024 Lexus TX 550h+ 3-row plug-in hybrid aims for 33 miles, 30 mpg

Green Car Reports

Lexus on Thursday night revealed a new luxury three-row SUV model, badged TX and including hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions.

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2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid three-row SUV: 37 mpg tops Highlander Hybrid, 30-mile plug-in too

Green Car Reports

A 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid mid-size SUV arrives later this year and a Sorento Plug-In Hybrid joins the lineup next year as a 2022 model. Kia estimates that the Sorento Hybrid will achieve EPA results of 39 mpg city, 35 highway, and 37 combined, the last of which nudges the model ahead of the 36-mpg Toyota.

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Report: US-made 3-row electric SUV is Toyota Highlander EV

Baua Electric

The Toyota Highlander midsize SUV could go all-electric, while the Grand Highlander would continue with internal-combustion engines, according to a new report from CarBuzz. Just as the current Highlander shares underpinnings with the Lexus RX, the Highlander EV could have a Lexus sibling, potentially called TZ, according to the report.

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Toyota extends battery warranty for Model Year 2020 hybrid, plug-in, and fuel cell electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

This extension is valid for all new model year 2020 Toyota hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell electric vehicles. Toyota’s 2020 lineup includes seven hybrid models and one fuel cell model: Fourth-generation Prius with available AWD-e features a combined EPA-estimated 50 MPG. First Corolla Hybrid with an EPA-estimated 52 combined MPG.

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2025 Kia Sorento Hybrid gets refreshed look, up to 36 mpg, same price

Baua Electric

The same styling will also be applied to the Sorento PHEV plug-in hybrid model for 2025. EPA-estimated fuel economy of 34 mpg combined for all-wheel-drive models is unchanged from 2024, but front-wheel drive fuel economy drops 1 mpg to 36 mpg combined. inch digital instrument cluster and 12.3-inch the EX grade has a 12.3-inch

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Highlander Hybrid mpg, E-Tron towing, EV emissions drop: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid tops the efficiency scales if you can’t plug in. Towing an EV1 with an E-Tron helps deliver a reality check on towing. California’s permitting process for charging stations still lags. And electric vehicles are much cleaner than they were less than a decade ago.

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2024 Lexus TX Hopes to Become a Better Family Hauler

The Truth About Cars

& Sharing a platform with the Toyota Grand Highlander, the TX is an extremely large vehicle. That unit comes with a 10-speed automatic and should provide a 21 mpg combined EPA-certified economy rating when configured for front-wheel drive. & The above is already available on the Toyota Grand Highlander.

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