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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid XSE

Clean Fleet Report

The XSE trim is new to the 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid, offering sporty styling cues that reinforce the value and appeal of this highly efficient five-passenger sedan. A sleeker, more slippery Camry Hybrid. Hybrid Efficiency. New Sporty Look for the Affordable 50 MPG Midsize Sedan. Topping out at more than 50 MPG.

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Toyota Camry Hybrid Battery: Electrician Spent $10, Not $4,000, To Fix

Green Car Reports

Some hybrid cars have been on the road for more than a decade now, but every vehicle needs some kind of maintenance eventually. DON''T MISS: How Long Do Hybrid Cars Last: Which Will Make 150,000 Miles? Faced with a potentially expensive bill, one Toyota Camry Hybrid owner took matters.'

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7 Common Hybrid Myths and Misconceptions Debunked

Clean Fleet Report

While electric cars do have to be plugged in (and plug-in hybrids can be), this is not the case for standard gas-electric hybrids. Gas is the primary fuel; the batteries recharge as the vehicle moves and brakes, but the electric power is an auxiliary motive source, so the car will need less fuel. This is untrue.

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Driving my Tesla Model 3 from Denmark to Coral Bay WA

My Electric Car

From here we headed inland to the wildflowers and topped up the battery at Three Springs on a 3-phase power outlet while we had coffee and home-made vanilla slices at the local café. We ended up driving to Carnarvon at 70kmph so we could make it without running out of battery. Range is very dependent on speed as we learned.

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

Clean Fleet Report

The regenerative brakes (the system that puts electricity back into the battery when coasting or stopping) had a progressive feel, producing straight and true stops. A safety feature on the Sonata Hybrid is a whirring sound when driving at very slow speeds in EV mode. Complimentary Maintenance – Three years/36,000 miles.

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Road Test: 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

Clean Fleet Report

The 2021 Sonata Hybrid comes in three trim levels of Blue, ES and Limited. Clean Fleet Report was driving the highly optioned Limited, which had the standard solar panel roof that charges the 12-volt and hybrid batteries, producing two miles of electric driving range for every six hours the car is left in the sun.

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The Beast in the Rumble Seat

Plugs and Cars

He likes the Nissan Altima Hybrid well enough. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans." More important, Neil says, is that it comes from an automaker that had scoffed at "hybridization." Electric motors are clean, lightweight, maintenance-free and powerful. Let's talk after next month's Detroit auto show."