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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid 40+ MPG Small SUV Starting Under $30,000 Another notch in Toyota’s hybrid belt The Toyota Corolla is one of the best-selling vehicles in the world and Toyota is the largest seller of hybrid vehicles in the world. To keep those lofty perches, sitting still will not do.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

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kWh battery, tucked away under the car along the center tunnel, provides just 18 miles of all-electric motoring. Fuel economy for the Recharge is 55 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) when you use electricity and gasoline and drops to 27 mpg when you don’t charge up the battery. Moving towards more juice.

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2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Rubicon Review – Charged-Up Jeep

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liter turbocharged four-cylinder that works in concert with two electric motors and a 400-volt battery pack, plus an eight-speed automatic transmission. Your combined MPGe is 49, and your gas-only combined MPG is 20. But if you have the scratch and the access to juice, it makes a strong argument for itself.

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New EV Prototype Leaves Range Anxiety in the Dust

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The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX, and its showroom-bound tech, looks to banish range anxiety for good: In April, the sleek prototype sedan completed a 621-mile (1,000-kilometer) trek through the Alps from Mercedes’ Sindelfingen facility to the Côte d'Azur in Cassis, France with battery juice to spare. The Benz sipped electrons at 8.7

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2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid EX Review – Urban Crossover, Right Price

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The juice is supplied by a 1.49 kWh lithium-ion battery. That said, the Sportage Hybrid is fun-to-drive, fuel-efficient (38 mpg combined -- though I was seeing lower numbers. An eight-speed automatic transmission gets the power to the all-wheel drive system. Acceleration is one thing, ride and handling are another.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

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kWh battery pack sits under the rear seat. The e-motor also provides regenerative braking to recharge the battery, and there’s an integrated 33 kW (44 hp) starter-generator as well. The e-Save button also toggles to invoke Battery Charge, which recharges the pack using engine power. The 4xe’s 17.3 It’s sandwiched between a 2.0-liter

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. It offers 18 models that deliver 30 mpg or more. Posted by: Na | Apr 13, 2009 4:28:53 PM 18 models that get 30 mpg, yeah right! Thats short-sighted.

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