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EVs as a group are worst for reliability, hybrids and PHEVs best, according to Consumer Reports

Green Car Reports

Electric SUVs were the lowest-ranked category in the latest Consumer Reports reliability rankings, but hybrids and plug-in hybrids were the best.

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Road Test: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Reserve 4xe PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Reserve 4xe PHEV. The 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe PHEV is the second electrified model from Jeep, following the Wrangler Rubicon 4xe PHEV, which Clean Fleet Report tested earlier this year. Full SUV space. Is This Plug-in Hybrid the Best Grand Cherokee? Accommodating Interior.

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Toyota’s new RAV4 plug-in hybrid SUV offers 39 miles AER, 90 MPGe

Green Car Congress

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota introduced its new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) RAV4 performance model with an estimated 302-horsepower, advanced all-wheel drive, sport-tuned suspension and exclusive design features. and in a league with luxury/performance SUVs that come nowhere near this Toyota’s fuel economy.

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2018 Kia Niro PHEV gas mileage review: outrunning expectations

Green Car Reports

And that’s exactly what the Kia Niro brings to hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Prius Prime. Compared with the Prius, the Niro is taller and roomier. Likely to its benefit, it looks like a small crossover SUV, though with only front-wheel drive, it's no kind of SUV. Competition improves the breed.

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Toyota to invest $1.3B to build EVs at its Kentucky plant

Baua Electric

billion investment in its Kentucky factory to build EVs, including its three-row electric SUV for the US market. In October 2023, Toyota announced it would invest an additional $8 billion in its North Carolina EV battery plant, which it first announced in December 2021, to make batteries for its EVs and PHEVs.

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

EV Adoption

Only available in the US beginning in March of 2021, the hot-selling Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was apparently the top-selling PHEV in the US last year. From where I sit, a new PHEV from Jeep outselling the Toyota RAV4 Prime is actually pretty impressive. Rick Deneau, Stellantis. Flip a coin.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is the UK's best-selling plug-in hybrid

Green Cars News

Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV has become Britain’s most popular plug-in hybrid vehicle, just four months after going on sale. The plug-in SUV has only been in showrooms since May but in that time, it has managed to outsell rivals such as the Vauxhall Ampera and Toyota Prius Plug-In which have been a[.]. Mitsubishi Editor Pick'