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Ford Announces Ranger Plugin Hybrid EV, But It’s Not Coming To The US

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Plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) can be a pretty contentious topic in the EV scene. For some, the idea of only offering a few miles of electric range followed by combustion is already hopelessly obsolete. For others, they’re a cheap scheme to get tax credits or HOV lane access.

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Mazda’s MX-30 With Rotary Range Extender: Why I’m Looking Forward To It Next Year

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Normally, we don’t write about PHEV at CleanTechnica these days, this is going to be a very special plugin hybrid because it doesn’t follow the usual plugin hybrid formula. A recent article at Motor 1 tells us that Mazda’s MX-30 PHEV with a rotary engine is likely to land in about a year.

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Huawei, Which Beat Apple At Making A Car, Announces New Range-Extended EV

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The news about Apple coming for Tesla with an Apple car has been pretty constant over the past several years, but Huawei, another phone maker, has actually made a plugin vehicle. CarBuzz reports that Huawei is also coming for Tesla with a new plugin vehicle, but unlike Apple, the phone maker actually delivered on its […].

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Corvette E-Ray’s Carbon Fiber Wheels Give Us A Peek At Future PHEV & BEV Corvettes

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While a BEV would have been preferable, GM couldn’t even be bothered to make it a plugin hybrid with real EV range. Here at CleanTechnica, we’re definitely disappointed in the Corvette E-Ray.

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The Electric Future Of Off-Roading Looks Bright (Video)

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While the 4xe isn’t a full EV (it’s a plugin hybrid), it does give 20-30 miles of EV range in our testing. Last week, Jeep lent us a Wrangler 4xe, in top Rubicon trim. When we took the vehicle out on rough trails under nothing but electric power, we realized pretty quickly that we were […].

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Tesla Model Y continues to lead auto sales in Norway

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Norway’s plugin electric vehicles took 91.1% The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth. March’s combined plugin result of 91.1% plugin hybrids. Plugless hybrids (HEVs) did better than PHEVs, growing their share from a year ago (6.1% year on year.

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April 2023 – BEVs dominated car sales in Sweden

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Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share reached 55.7% Full electrics grew share strongly, whilst plugin hybrids lost share slightly. April’s combined plugin result of 55.7% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). We will have to see what happens to plugin volume after that. of the auto market in April, up from 48.2%

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