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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid 40+ MPG Small SUV Starting Under $30,000 Another notch in Toyota’s hybrid belt The Toyota Corolla is one of the best-selling vehicles in the world and Toyota is the largest seller of hybrid vehicles in the world. To keep those lofty perches, sitting still will not do. It combines a 2.0-liter,

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Hypermiler Gerdes takes Sonata Hybrid across US on 38 gallons of gasoline

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Estimated EPA highway rating for the car is 40 mpg (5.88 Gerdes left San Diego, CA on 26 December 2010 and arrived on Jekyll Island, GA on 1 January 1, 2011. CleanMPG’s hypermiler Wayne Gerdes recently completed a cross-country drive in the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, averaging 61.42 miles per gallon (3.83 miles (1,965 km).

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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

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SDG&E is a regulated public utility that services San Diego and southern Orange counties. When compared with the standard hybrid, the plug-in hybrid, at 68 mpg US (3.5 SDG&E will do its part to help ensure the San Diego region is “plug-in” ready when electric vehicles hit the road. Earlier post.)

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XL Hybrids expanding product line-up with new plug-in hybrid system for pick-ups; product launch in Q4 2017

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Utility and municipal fleets including San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Liberty Utilities, Hawaiian Electric Company and Montgomery County Maryland, which is headed by a recent public sector fleet manager of the year William Griffiths, are among the North American customers that intend to purchase the XLP PHEV system for use in their pickup fleets.

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Ford doubles electric drive market share in US from 2012 to 2013; surging with plug-in hybrids

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Data: EDTA, Ford Motor. Ford Motor Company’s C-platform electric drive strategy has driven an increase in Ford’s overall electric drive market share (hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric) from 7.3% Click to enlarge. in calendar year 2012 to 14.7% for the first nine months of 2013. of the industry’s 389,725 units sold.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

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After a couple hours driving the VF 8 in San Diego County, here are our initial thoughts. Eco Two models to kcik things off Dual 150 kW motors producing 348 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque AWD 82 kWh battery 124 mph maximum top speed 6.5 seconds: 0-60 mph 191 mile driving range. (

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

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liter V6 and two electric motors mated to an electrically variable transmission driving the front wheels. mpg, with a breakdown of 174 all-electric and 290 hybrid miles. Not so on the Pacifica, where the regenerative braking, a combination of braking and the motors doing the slowing smoothly. San Diego to San Francisco?