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2023 Toyota Prius Limited Review – Finally a Worthy Choice

The Truth About Cars

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. Still, if you want Lexus quiet from your hybrids, you’ll need to, you know, buy a Lexus.

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2024 Subaru Crosstrek Review - For Those About To Flock, We Salute You

The Truth About Cars

& That’s why I’m thinking that a car like the Crosstrek is an ideal choice for a dad to buy. It’s comfortable enough on a road trip, and the fuel economy is better than most non-hybrid compact crossovers. An unexpected road trip yielded indicated highway numbers closer to 38 mpg than the EPA’s 33 mpg highway rating.

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What EPA vehicle standards are and what they mean for you

Plug in America

They can meet standards by making and selling smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, or by employing technologies such as hybrid or battery-electric vehicles to reduce tailpipe emissions to bring down their fleet average emissions. Over the next several years, these standards will continue to trend toward cleaner cars.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Where Can I Buy One? Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm

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BCG Report Expects Battery Costs Will Constrain Widespread Market Adoption of Fully Electric Vehicles, Absent a Technology Breakthrough; Forecasts 26% of Major Market New Cars in 2020 To be Hybrid or Electric

Green Car Congress

Despite this cost challenge, however, the report projects steady growth for hybrid and electric cars—including mild- and full-hybrids; plug-in hybrids; extended range electric vehicles; and fully electric vehicles. That same year, the market for electric-car batteries in those regions will reach $25 billion.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Are we even going to need cars, or will they end up as toys of the idle rich and hedge fund managers? Apr 24 09:58 AM | Link | Reply BigJake 35 Comments Looks like American car manufacturers are behind the curve once AGAIN!!!! Duh, heres our $40K volt, buy it please? Want to do better in a short distance, then get a bicycle.