Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. Three years and one global pandemic later, the company is now starting to deliver production versions of its 2022 R1T electric pickup truck to paying customers.

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F-150 Land Rover Colorado Los Angeles 108

Baua Electric

MAY 28, 2024

The Mach-E is Ford’s only dedicated electric vehicle, with no gasoline equivalent. With the exception of the Chevy Blazer EV and Equinox EV , all its rivals are strong departures from their ICE equivalents. It’s not all in the name of efficiency; the Mach-E GT’s battery is indeed larger than the packs in all of those rivals.

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Ford Extended Range Miles Hyundai 52

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2022

Chevrolet Readies Its Counterattack to the Ford F-150 Lightning. We will write more detailed reviews, including impressions for on and off-road driving and towing, when we have had the chance to get behind the wheel this much anticipated all-electric pickup from Chevrolet. All-wheel drive. All-wheel steering.

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Silverado Chevrolet GMC Hummer 82

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2010

Ten Mercedes-Benz B-class F-Cell Cars; two Alfa Romeo MiTo fuel cell vehicles from Centro Ricerche FIAT (Italy); and five electric city cars with fuel cell range extension from H2 Logic (Denmark) will be provided in 2011 for daily operation in Oslo and on specific tours in southern Norway and the whole Scandinavian region.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The world’s first-to-market electric pickup truck, it turns out, isn’t from Ford, General Motors, or a late-to-market Tesla Cybertruck. Rivian, despite a near-$100 billion market cap, has miles and years to go to become “the next Tesla,” the unfortunate albatross that gets hung from the neck of many electric vehicle newbies.

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F-150 Hummer GMC Miles 98

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2015

The Jaguar US lineup will expand in 2016 with the addition of the all new, aluminum-intensive Jaguar XE compact sports sedan in 20d (diesel) and 35t models each in Premium, Prestige and R-Sport trim levels and available in RWD or AWD. liter V6 with the F-TYPE.

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Diesel 2016 Land Rover MPH 150

Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Driving electric can be a plus in cold weather. Here’s what two organizations— Resource-Media and Recurrent —had to say about the advantages of electric vehicles (EVs) in frigid weather. Cold weather is hard on all vehicles : Drivers of both EVs and gas and diesel vehicles have to deal with complications caused by cold weather.

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Gas-Electric Gas Norway F-150 52

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 30, 2021

mpg, but on a 100-mile all-freeway run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we got an impressive 29.8 The electric-assisted steering had good road feel with responsiveness and little body roll in most cornering situations. All the bases are covered. Fuel economy for the 3.0-liter In 235 miles we averaged 25.2

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Sierra GMC Fuel Economy MPG 96

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Now, the company is introducing a plug-in hybrid vehicle with an all-electric range of 21 miles for police and government customers. The lithium-ion battery can move the vehicle up to 21 miles on a single charge and up to 85 mph on battery power alone. Earlier post.)

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Plug-in Plug Ford Hybrid 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Ford Motor Company announced that the all-new Ford Mondeo (which is badged as Fusion in the US) in Europe will offer a new high-power diesel engine in addition to a new 1.0L EcoBoost gasoline engine option and a new hybrid option. All three 2.0-liter All-new Mondeo also will be the first vehicle in its segment equipped with a 1.0-liter

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Diesel Ford Hybrid Power 230

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

T engine that produced 110 kW (150 hp) of power was emitted 197 grams CO 2 /km (317 g/mile). This is the first implementation of such a system in a turbocharged direct-injection four-cylinder gasoline engine, noted Lemke. now goes from 0 to 60 mph in a manufacturer estimated 7.3 In the A4 with a manual transmission, the 1.8

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2014 Engine Exhaust Fuel Economy 331

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

BMW will offer a new model range of its i3 compact electric car, and from the 2017 model year will be offering a new version with more than 50% increased battery capacity. BMW range testing was under everyday conditions in city environment, 68° F, heating/air-conditioning, preheating, COMFORT driving mode.

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Li-ion BMW Miles Range 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

At the North American International Autoshow in January, Mercedes-Benz presented the Concept BlueZERO for electric vehicles. Mercedes has now provided some additional details on the extended range electric vehicle, BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS. Top speed is electronically limited to 150 km/h (93 mph). Earlier post.).

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Extended Range Mercedes Concept Range 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

With the launch of the production BMW i3 battery-electric vehicle (also available with a range extender) looming, the BMW Group provided more details about the first series-produced model from its new i brand, offering customers electric mobility in a premium small car package. Cutaway of the BMW i3. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Connect Connected BMW Electric 316

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Mitsubishi’s North American-spec i-MiEV battery electric vehicle ( earlier post )—available in either an ES base model or upgrade SE trim package —will be available to test drive at US dealerships beginning in November 2011 with the first scheduled customer vehicle deliveries set to commence in early 2012.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 23, 2023

Rat rods, hoopties, hot rods, donks, lowriders, exotics, classics, customs, racers, stance vehicles, American or Japanese muscle cars, luxury cruisers, and ultra-rare antiques are all on display in what effectively becomes a multi-mile parade route with opportunities to break off and do some illicit (but often tolerated) street racing.&

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