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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Limited AWD

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Being able to fit four full-size adults in the cabin makes it ideal for making it your camping or other outdoor adventure vehicle, or those quick runs to the DIY store. We do our best to present our unvarnished evaluations of vehicles and news irrespective of these inducements. Heck, you can even go off-road if opting for AWD.

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Road Test: 2021 Mazda CX-9 Signature AWD

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For even more space, the second row folds flat producing plenty of room for a run to the DIY store or maybe some antiquing. We do our best to present our unvarnished evaluations of vehicles and news irrespective of these inducements. The seats throughout the CX-9 Signature are trimmed in soft Nappa leather.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

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Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. Even if Toyota succeeds in lowering costs to 1/100th of their current level, while improving the durability of the stacks to the equivalent of 150,000 miles, the problem of infrastructure and sustainable hydrogen production present daunting obstacles. I'm afraid not.

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Road Test: 2024 Ford Maverick Lariat FWD Hybrid

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One motor is for driving power, while the other is to start the engine, charge the battery and enables the regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. The EPA has rated the 2024 Maverick Hybrid fuel economy at 42 mpg city/33 highway and 37 combined.

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Maverick XL FWD Hybrid

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One is for driving power, while the other is to start the engine, charge the battery and provides the regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. An efficient engine and electric power. Do you have a teen headed off to college?

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