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

Baua Electric

One of the electric motors is for propulsion and always connected to the wheels, and it’s connected to the gas engine via a clutch, while the other is connected to the engine primarily as a generator. Around town, stoplight-to-stoplight, the Honda Civic’s gas engine barely kicks in, and when it does it’s quiet and calm. “At

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. My EV’s electric drive unit (motor) that provides the acceleration also reduces the need for using the brakes and brake repair.

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The Power of Electric

Revenge of the Electric Car

When Google asked for submissions of a 90 second video on the benefits of plug in cars to show at a 2008 Washington DC Brookings-Google Electric Car conference, Alexandra Paul and Stefano Paris decided to rise to the challenge! Alexandra Paul’s “Power of Electric&#. Cast and Crew: Stefano, Alexandra, and Gary.

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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The target customer may be someone buying their first Lexus and their first luxury car, a combination Lexus wants to take the lead in reaching. liter gasoline powered, 4-cylinder engine combined with the twin electric motors. The UX 250h has respectable performance, thanks to the extra power from the twin electric motors.

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Google Ogles Plug Ins

Plug In Partners

Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual By KATIE HAFNER New York Times Published: September 14, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 — The ambitious founders of Google , the popular search engine company, have set up a philanthropy, giving it seed money of about $1 billion and a mandate to tackle poverty, disease and global warming.

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Should Parking Companies Create Their Own EV Charging Networks?

Blink Charging

One type of company that is set to reap the rewards of the country’s transition from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is parking management companies. In the electric vehicle charging industry, there are hardware providers and network software providers.

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2023 Rivian R1T Review - Got My Chips Cashed In

The Truth About Cars

.& On the other hand, it’s easy to forget about the cost of your electric bill, since you pay it once a month and unless you’re in Texas, electrical service is always right there. No, this is a pickup for the homeowner who hauls big stuff on occasion but would prefer to do it without gasoline.

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