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Review: 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid achieves Prius-like fuel economy

Baua Electric

Here’s what you need to know after Green Car Reports spent a morning driving a 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid prototype around Montreal. Econ and Normal will be remembered upon key cycle, but turning the car off in Sport mode will find the car defaulting back to Normal mode when it’s restarted. Every Civic gets a 7.0-inch

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Center for Automotive Research calls long-run economic risk to auto industry of mandating permanent fuel economy standards very serious; recommends periodic reviews

Green Car Congress

Plug-in hybrids dominate market penetration in 2025 under CAR scenario IV (62 mpg CAFE standard). Source: CAR. The CAR report, the US Automotive Market and Industry in 2025 , relies on technology and market forecast data from the National Research Council (NRC) and J.D. Click to enlarge. use of stop/start technology.

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2023 Toyota Prius Limited Review – Finally a Worthy Choice

The Truth About Cars

To be sure, the Prius is no sports car. And yes, the fuel mileage was still excellent. liter four-cylinder/electric motor pairing – 194 horsepower now for front-wheel drive models like my test car, and 139 lb-ft of torque for all models – erases the pokiness of the past and brings the car up to date. Out the door price?

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2023 Honda Accord Hybrid Review - The Unofficial Car Of TTAC Readers

The Truth About Cars

While virtually everyone reading and commenting on our daily stories is an enthusiast of some persuasion, we can generally count on our readers to be pragmatic and practical when it comes to either buying a new car or recommending a new car to others. If I had to pick a car for a coast-to-coast drive, this would be it.

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2024 Subaru Crosstrek Premium Review – Competent Utility

The Truth About Cars

Reliability, when it comes to cars, has at least two meanings. As I’ve often said in these reviews, those of us who are self-described car enthusiasts sometimes forget that while we might place a premium on acceleration or ride and handling, most car buyers don’t. The other involves how well it does its prescribed job.

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Urban Air Initiative-led coalition calls on EPA to recognize high-octane ethanol blends for fuel economy standards

Green Car Congress

We commend EPA for giving this important issue of fuel economy and carbon reductions the thorough and complete evaluation it requires, and correcting the serious errors in the technical assessment issued last November. Repeal and replace its inaccurate fuel economy formula. —UAI President Dave VanderGriend.

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2023 Toyota Crown Platinum Review – Eating (Some) Crow

The Truth About Cars

inch screens for the gauges and infotainment, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, satellite radio, JBL audio with subwoofer and amp, heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, and wireless phone charging. The Crown’s fuel-economy numbers are listed at 29 mpg city/32 mpg highway/30 mpg combined.

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