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TTAC's Worst Cars of 2023

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While it’s not as legendary of a nameplate as other icons of motoring, the Pathfinder was once a rugged body-on-frame SUV that could go just about anywhere, it’s now a minivan without the utility of a minivan. Toyota bZ4X: That the champion of hybrids can’t or won’t build a competitive EV probably shouldn’t be surprising.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

Automakers have also been building them a lot longer than their plug-in counterparts and they tend to be based on models that have been around for a while. “It However, the brand’s experience in building all-electric powertrains doesn’t seem to have helped it in every respect. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next.

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Report: Shin-Kobe, GS Yuasa Targeting Battery Market for Stop-Start Systems

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It will also build in 2012 a new Thai factory with a capacity of 1 million units a year. It has prepared a battery for Mazda Motor Corp.’s s recently released Premacy minivan and plans to market batteries that support other makes of cars with the idling-stop function as automakers introduce them.

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When They Electrified Christmas

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Homeowners can illuminate the eaves with iridescent icicles, shroud their shrubs with twinkling mesh nets, or mount massive menorahs on their minivans. In 1916, GE introduced tungsten filaments and gave the new design the Mazda trademark. But decorative lights aren't new. On 22 December 1882, Edward H.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network. Batteries not ready.

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