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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. Under the plan, by 2015 average passenger car fuel consumption is targeted to drop to 6.9 kW/kg, at a cost of 200 yuan/kW.

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

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In April 2018 Ford announced all its sedans and coupes would be going away by 2020, except for one–the iconic Mustang. In 240 miles driving around Southern California we averaged 23 mpg, but in a 100-mile run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we averaged 31.2 Zero-to-60 mph times were right around 5.0

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Road Test: 2023 Honda HR-V EX-L AWD

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Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific, and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. in the HR-V AWD performed well, but with zero-to-60 times just under 10 seconds, merging into 70 mph freeway traffic can be an adventure. Your numbers may differ.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor

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with 0-60 mph times of 5.9 of torque and gets to 60 mph in 4.1 A few years later, in 2018, Polestar became its own stand-alone car company first offering the Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid, and then making the jump to become an all-electric car brand in 2020 with the release of the Polestar 2, single-motor FWD sedan.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

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As a test, part of those miles were driven with the cruise control set at 65 mph where we averaged 44 mpg, and at 60 mph resulting in 51.4 Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. Road Test: 2020 Honda Insight Hybrid.

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Road Test: 2023 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 2.0T Autobahn

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seconds from 50-70 mph. Fuel economy estimates by the EPA are 26 city/36 highway/30 combined. But in two 150-mile highway runs with the cruise control set at 65 mph and in the Eco or Normal drive mode, we averaged an impressive 38.9 Times for 0-60 runs were a respectable 6.1 seconds with 4.2 In 412 miles, we averaged 30.1

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Crown Hybrid

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As the power, torque and transmissions indicate, the Hybrid Max does 0-60 mph runs in 5.7 Road Test: 2020 Toyota C-HR. Road Test: 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Two options under the hood. Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota BZ4X EV.

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