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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Prime PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Prime PHEV Plug-in Hybrid Technology in an All-New Package Toyota is taking the lead suggesting how you should drive a plug-in hybrid. The all-new 2023 Prius Prime gets two less miles per gallon in hybrid mode than the 2022 model, but the all-electric driving range has increased substantially.

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Two case studies outline how Houston and Loveland are saving money with EVs in their fleets

Green Car Congress

Loveland is now aiming to convert all of its light-duty fleet vehicles that work within a close distance of the city to EVs. Its efforts to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) into its fleet began in 2002 with an initial purchase of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), mainly the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid.

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What’s the State of Hydrogen Vehicles in 2022?

Clean Fleet Report

A Look at the Lightest Alternative Fuel. Research on hydrogen vehicles dipped until the 1990s when European countries announced plans for more hydrogen-centered car power, such as the 2005-07 bi-fuel BMW 7-Series with a V12 engine that ran on either compressed hydrogen or gasoline. Hydrogen Vehicles in 2022.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Hybrid. If new, improved and better are what make you happy in life, then the all-new 2023 Toyota Prius could be what you are looking for. Until then, this Flash Drive is an introduction to the 2023 Prius. Not the traditional Prius silhouette. The Top-Selling Hybrid Gets a Makeover.

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The Niro has an EPA rated fuel economy of between 49 and 53 miles per gallon, depending if equipped with 16-inch or 18-inch wheels, which delivers a driving range of up-to 588 miles. In addition, we aim to offer reviews and news on advanced technology and the alternative fuel vehicle market. Story by John Faulkner.

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$200,000 Google.org Grant to CalCars

Plugs and Cars

Everyday Prius owners ask me where to get their car converted to a plug-in. It is, after all, the cleanest, cheapest, most infrastructure-ready alternative fuel available. Calcars.org has received a $200,000 grant to continue its advocacy of plug-in hybrid vehicles. Bumper sticker below available here.)

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. Third party converters have spent time and resources tweaking their plug-in hybrids to meet ARB testing written with gasoline-only hybrids in mind.

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