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2017 Toyota Prius Prime, Tesla Q3 deliveries, Mitsubishi GT-PHEV: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we have first impressions of the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid, Tesla third-quarter delivery figures, and the debut of the Mitsubishi GT-PHEV plug-in hybrid concept at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Hybrid vs PHEV vs EV | Types of EVs Explained

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For example, what is a hybrid vehicle, PHEV, or EV, and what are the differences between them and their advantages and disadvantages? Common examples of hybrid cars are: the Honda Accord Hybrid, the Lexus RX 450h and the Toyota Prius. PHEV – Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Hybrid Vehicles. EVs – Electric Vehicles.

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Are Plug-In Hybrids the Future?

The Truth About Cars

On today's podcast, we ponder if plug-in hybrids are the future, talk Tesla and Ram, and ruminate on our first races attended as fans. We set up our PHEV discussion by comparing Prius notes , then we touch briefly on the latest Tesla Cybertruck controversy before I give you the skinny on the 2025 Ram 1500.

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Strategic Vision: Tesla owners show differences from rest of EV buyers

Green Car Congress

Strategic Vision’s New Vehicle Experience Study (NVES), using a rapidly growing sample of Tesla buyers, finds what it calls “significant” differences between Tesla owners and the rest of the electric vehicle market. Tesla owners’ emphasis on “Performance-Electric” sets them apart from other EV buyers.

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More EVs than PHEVs at the Frankfurt Motor Show

Green Car Congress

Tesla is also displaying its battery pack, for a 43 rd entry.). Of the 11 PHEVs: 10 are extended range electric vehicles—Toyota’s concept Prius PHEV is the only non-series hybrid plug-in. Of the 42 vehicles, 11 (26%) are plug-in hybrids, the remainder are EVs.

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Hybrids take 7% of California market in 1H 2013; PHEVs 0.7%; EVs 1.1%

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Tesla Motors took 0.6% The top-selling model in the state for the first half of the year was was the Toyota Prius family (sedan, c, v and PHV), with 33,987 units, according to the report. On the electric vehicle side, Tesla Motors posted 2,308 units of the Model S in California during the second quarter of 2013, representing 44.8%

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Ricardo and A2Mac1 renew partnership to expand benchmarking and competitive analysis of EVs and PHEVs; online database

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MY2016 Toyota Prius. MY2016 Tesla Model X. MY2013 Tesla Model S 60. MY2012 Toyota Prius. The EV/Hybrid analysis database currently includes the teardown of the following vehicles: MY2017 Chevrolet Bolt. MY2016 Mercedes GLE 550e. MY2016 Chevrolet Volt. MY2016 Volvo XC90 T8. MY2016 Audi A3 e-Tron. MY2015 Volkswagen e-Golf.

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