Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

Chrysler unveiled the all-new 2017 Pacifica minivan in both conventional and plug-in hybrid versions at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The PHEV is the minivan segment’s first. The Pacifica Hybrid will deliver an estimated all-electric range of 30 miles from a 16-kWh lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Exceeding its initial program targets, the plug-in 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid ( earlier post ) has earned an electric-mode fuel economy rating of 84 miles-per-gallon-equivalent (MPGe) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). No other minivan has ever come close to this rating. (As Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 5, 2023

But let’s get real here, who will be buying the BRZ to squeeze miles from every tank of fuel? The back-end has horizontal LED taillights and round, chrome-tipped twin exhaust ends that are integrated into a wind-channeling lower fascia. The 2022 BRZ comes with these warranties: Powertrain – Five years/60,000 miles.

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MPG Clean Cleaning Miles 83

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

g/mile NMOG + NO x Tier 3 fleet average target (the old Tier 2 Bin 2 level). The EPA’s draft Technical Assessment Report released in 2016 forecast cost increases to integrate fuel saving technology. Top: Incremental technology costs from a 2016 baseline to deliver 2025 CAFE compliance for a gasoline engine. Click to enlarge.

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Plug Me In

APRIL 9, 2024

It started in 2016 when I set myself a small challenge: how do you travel without money and in an electric car from the Netherlands to Australia ? Up to halfway through Morocco, I could travel by train, then mainly buses and minivans. To see nothing but desert for miles as a Dutch person? ’ Exhausted? Incredible.

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