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Honda Prologue review, GM PHEV pickups, vibrating EV muscle car: Today’s Car News

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GM may soon have Chevy and GMC plug-in hybrid pickups. And the Honda Prologue remixes GM’s Ultium into its own gateway EV. In a first drive of the 2024 Honda Prologue EV, we found that this roomy, refined, and feature-packed electric. Dodge considers EVs that have much more than a V-8 soundtrack.

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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

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California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it the first US state to achieve this milestone. 379,125 PHEV (36% ). 11,956 FCEV (1.1%).

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EV models outnumber PHEV choices for the first time since 2014

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Plug-in hybrid tech continues to be something that neither automakers nor regulators can completely agree on. Some, like Toyota, Volvo, BMW, and others see them as a smart, effective bridge technology to EVs while others, including GM and Honda see them, at least for now in the U.S., as an unnecessary complication in the shift to EVs.

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Honda Prologue EV details, Tesla Semi and Megachargers, PHEVs vs. hybrids: Today’s Car News

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Plug-in hybrids aren’t the dollars-and-cents no-brainer vs. hybrids anymore, due to the revamped EV tax credit. Honda provides a closer look at its upcoming electric SUV. And will Tesla Megachargers be popping up everywhere now that the Semi is being delivered? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Report: Honda and GM close to partnering on PHEVs

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The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that Honda Motor Co. have entered final negotiations to expand their collaboration beyond the current work on fuel cell vehicles to include plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). Honda and GM also plan to form a partnership over the development of technology for automated driving. and General Motors Co.

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PHEVs led August US sales of plug-in vehicles; Volt and Prius PHV dominate

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In August, the US sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) from the major OEMs (Chevy Volt and Prius PHV) totalled 3,336 units, while battery-electric vehicles (Nissan LEAF, Honda Fit EV, and Ford Focus Electric) sold a combined 728 units. Year-to-date, Toyota has sold 6,082 of the plug-in hybrid variant of the Prius.

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Honda discontinuing Civic Hybrid, Civic natural gas model, Accord plug-in hybrid; new BEV, PHEV models coming

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Due in part to Honda’s ability to advance fuel economy through conventional engine technology, the Civic lineup will no longer include a hybrid or a natural gas model, according to John Mendel, Executive Vice President, Automobile Division American Honda Motor Co., Honda currently is selling the MY 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid.