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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. A 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in a Colorado wrecking yard.

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Tips: 3 Ways to Boost Your Vehicle’s MPG

Clean Fleet Report

So you’re the proud new owner of a Honda Civic EX Sedan (42 mpg highway; 32 mpg city). Or even more impressive, maybe you own a BMW X5 xDrive40e PHEV (56 mpge or miles per gallon equivalent, for electric vehicles). Not a way to help your MPG. #1 Even a Fuel-Efficient Car Can Do Better. Not so fast.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., Here are some examples of actions that would be required to achieve the target of at least 35 mpg specified by EISA 2007: [Note: NHTSA has released CAFE standards for MY 2011, but is engaging in further consideration and analysis prior to issuing rules for subsequent model years.

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Maverick XL FWD Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

mpg on combined highway and in-town driving through Southern California. The EPA has rated the Maverick Hybrid’s fuel economy at 42 mpg city/33 highway and 37 combined. In 225 miles driving through Southern California we averaged 45.4 mpg with the best fuel economy on an all-city 45-mile run where the average was a stellar 46.7

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

My only serious gripe was that they’re supposed to take premium gasoline, returning roughly 36 mpg. In that respect, Can-Am’s biggest competition is probably coming from Harley-Davidson’s luxury tourers and the Honda Gold Wing. But I never encountered anyone at Spyderquest who had ridden their three-wheeler for more than 40,000 miles.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

it is in miles. A PHEV-20, for example, has a 20-mile electric-only range. CalCars original PRIUS+, though actually a PHEV-10, generally travels 20 miles at double its hybrid gasoline mileage (rather than 10 miles powered purely electrically) before its battery is depleted. In English-system (vs.

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