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UCS Hybrid ScoreCard Dings Automakers for Forced Features in Hybrid Offerings

Green Car Congress

Car buyers shouldn’t be forced to buy high-end bells and whistles when fuel economy and reducing emissions are their top priority. As an example, the UCS “Hybrid Scorecard” gives both the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid a high “hybrid value” rating. The Prius scored a 9.8

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Ford Mustang Mach-E 15,938. Technology upgrades like Full Self Driving remain available to buy, but are not delivered via an over-the-air update. Ford Mustang Mach-E (& F-150 Lightning & E-Transit). Ford has had little to show in the EV market some some time. Tesla Model 3 80,681. Chevrolet Bolt 22,799.

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Plug-In Prius Goes Up to 12 Miles on Electricity Only - AllCarsElectric.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The plug-in Prius is a separate model from the all new 2010 Prius Hybrid. The fleet models will be part of a test bed for Toyota and future development of the plug-in Prius may at some point lead to a consumer model. The plug-in Prius is expected to launch sometime in 2010.

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

Green Cars News

Hybrids still represent the largest volume of “green” vehicles including the popular Toyota Prius, Honda Insight and Ford Fusion hybrids. As consumers start to show a renewed interested in buying vehicles, the auto show is. Ford Expedition E85. Ford Fusion Hybrid. Ford Fusion SE/SEL E85. Fisker Karma.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

This failure, it believes, has prompted US car manufacturers to lose market share to foreign rivals and particularly those from Japan such as Toyota and Honda. Yet when gas prices tumbled later that year, plans for the Prius plant were shelved. It could be argued then that America is still drunk on cheap gasoline.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0"

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.

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