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2023 CR-V Hybrid review, Niro EV pricing, EV debuts for GMC, Cadillac, Mercedes: The Week In Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which Toyota high-mpg hybrid model is gaining all-wheel drive? In a review of the 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid, we found this model to be the brand’s best. Are prices on used EVs calming from their record levels?

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Industry survey finds aluminum use in autos at all-time high; average per vehicle use expected to more than double from 2012 by 2025

Green Car Congress

Honda leads aluminum content as a percent of curb weight at 10.7% A material mix shift is necessary to achieve a 10% weight reduction for light vehicles and 51 mpg US. The survey also looked at average aluminum content by North American automakers, declaring General Motors the content leader at 366 pounds (166 kg) per vehicle.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Cadillac Escalade ESV sales increased 32% while Escalade sales increased 3%. American Honda Motor Co., Nevertheless, July was Honda’s highest volume month so far this year. Total sales of the fuel-efficient Honda Civic increased 3.1% Total sales of the fuel-efficient Honda Civic increased 3.1% Click to enlarge.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. More mainstream models will come from Kia, Mahindra, Škoda, and Volkswagen. million tons. More than 2.2

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

It followed the new Volt with the all-electric 238-mile range Bolt before the Volt was unceremoniously dropped as the company shifted to full-electrics only with the introduction of the Ultium battery platform that will underpin the next generation of vehicles, led by the GMC Hummer EV pickup and Cadillac Lyric crossover.

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Lucid Gravity drive, Acura ZDX review, Jeep plug-in hybrid pickup: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Lucid Gravity prototype The 2024 Acura ZDX EV is the quickest SUV ever from the Honda luxury brand—and it definitely looks the part. Yesterday in a review of the Acura ZDX Green Car Reports looked at whether the first fully electric vehicle from this Honda luxury brand keeps it on-brand—even with GM bones.

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VW ID.4 EV tax credit; Subaru Solterra update; Macan, Prologue, and ZDX pricing: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

In pricing for its 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid three-row SUV released this week, for all but the base model the Hybrid version costs just $500 more—a difference that’s going to pay back very quickly in higher mpg. 2024 Subaru Solterra What does the Honda Prologue cost? The 2024 Acura ZDX was also given a price.