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2024 Honda Accord RS e:HEV Review

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Overview Honda’s eleventh generation, hybrid-only Accord RS e:HEV has gone on sale in the Aussie market this week, arriving in dealerships from $64,900 drive-away, or $3000 more than the outgoing hybrid offering. Powering the 2024 Honda Accord range will be the Japanese brand’s 2.0-litre Simply, Honda has nailed it.

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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

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Series hybrid vehicles in India include the Honda City Hybrid , Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder , and Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara , among others. litre three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with variable compression ratio is employed solely to generate electricity rather than directly powering the wheels.

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2019 Honda CR-V Hybrid

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Unremarkable' is the word best used to describe the Honda CR-V Hybrid but as petrol-electric SUVs go it is comfy, practical, spacious and packed with tech.

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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

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Hybrid cars have been touted as the bridge to fill in the gap between internal combustion engine technology and electric propulsion tech. Hybrid cars see higher tax incidence in India compared to their pure petrol counterparts, despite emitting lower pollutants into the environment.

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Hyundai Creta facelift exterior: what’s new | Autocar Professional

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Hyundai has launched the Creta facelift at Rs 11 lakh for the entry-level E petrol-manual variant, with prices going up to Rs 20 lakh for the top-spec SX(O) diesel-automatic trim. The tech suite is just as impressive. litre turbo-petrol engine – replacing the discontinued 140hp, 1.4-litre The 115hp, 1.5-litre

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Maruti Suzuki’s hits and misses | Autocar Professional

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Making use of Toyota’s powertrain, the Grand Vitara offered strong-hybrid technology at a mass segment price point and has today forced a rethink of this tech, with many brands now acknowledging the fact that strong hybrids have a large role to play in the Indian automotive market. A luxurious interior with three-row seating, a 2.7-litre,

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Why India is in love with hybrid cars?

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While the ultimate goal remains steady on battery electric vehicles, hybrid cars are bridging the gap between pure EVs and fossil fuel-propelled models that run on petrol or diesel. The reason behind this is the rising consumer demand for this tech. Petrol and diesel prices in India have shot up by around 41 per cent since 2019.

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