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Elio Motors begins work on Gen 5 prototype of $6,800, 84 MPG Vehicle

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Elio Motors is targeting a launch date mid 2016 for a vehicle that will get up to 84 mpg (2.8-l/100 The 506 (c) offering is made possible by the Jobs Act of 2012, and allows accredited investors to buy in to Elio Motors. l/100 km) and is expected to retail for $6,800.

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Elio Motors launches stock sale to raise $25M to help bring 3-wheeler to market

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Elio Motors, which unveiled its fifth-generation three-wheeler prototype at the LA Auto Show ( earlier post ), launched a $25-million stock sale at 4 p.m. The company has offered an opportunity for all those that have indicated interest to buy shares during an exclusive period running to 2 December.

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Center for Automotive Research calls long-run economic risk to auto industry of mandating permanent fuel economy standards very serious; recommends periodic reviews

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Plug-in hybrids dominate market penetration in 2025 under CAR scenario IV (62 mpg CAFE standard). the EPA/NHTSA Technical Assessment Report for the upcoming CAFE regulations: 47, 51, 56 and 62 mpg. The results for each fuel economy scenario are: Scenario I: (47 mpg CAFE standard, 37.6 The 47 mpg target is equivalent to a 70.9%

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

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Smooth, Quiet and 50+ MPG. Hyundai has electrification figured out, with the Sonata Hybrid reaping the benefits in what may be the best hybrid sedan you can buy. On shorter legs, if even for a brief time, we touched 60 mpg. This great sounding system has SiriusXM, AM/FM/HD radio, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

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Road Test: 2022 Subaru BRZ Limited

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The auto market is now dominated by front-wheel drive cars, almost all of them with an automatic transmission. seconds, but straight line speed is not why anyone should be buying a BRZ. The BRZ is EPA rated at 20 mpg city/27 highway/22 combined mpg. Road Test: 2016 Dodge Challenger. A vanishing breed. Ready to rev.

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T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

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mpg US) and 7.1 mpg US), respectively. Europe buys 7 out of 10 diesel cars and vans sold globally while less than 1% of new vehicles sold in the US are diesel and in China, the world’s largest vehicle market, diesel represents less than 2%. T&E used the latest real-world fuel consumption figures for diesel and gasoline: 6.3

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Road Test: 2022 Honda Civic Sedan 1.5T Touring

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Honda bumps up mpg & power. turbo at 31 mpg city/38 highway/34 combined. mpg combined, with a 90-mile all-freeway run, using the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, the average bumped up to 40.8 non-turbo, fuel economy estimates are 30 mpg city/37 highway/37 combined. 50+ MPG and good handling, too.

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