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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid XSE

Clean Fleet Report

The XSE trim is new to the 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid, offering sporty styling cues that reinforce the value and appeal of this highly efficient five-passenger sedan. A sleeker, more slippery Camry Hybrid. Hybrid Efficiency. liter four-cylinder engine combined with an 88-kilowatt electric motor.

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Visiting Byton, electric-car sales, Camry Hybrid video, natural-gas shutdown: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we've got a visit to electric-car startup Byton, ethical minerals, a Camry Hybrid video road test, and last month's plug-in electric car sales. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, as we do every seven days, we ran down last week's most important green-car stories.

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August Electric-Car Sales, 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid Price, Electric Motorcycle Discounts: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

We report on plug-in electric car sales for August, pricing for the 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid, and a price cut on Brammo electric motorcycles. All this and more on Green Car Reports. If you ever wanted a Brammo electric motorcycle, now may be a good time to buy.

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7 Common Hybrid Myths and Misconceptions Debunked

Clean Fleet Report

There are models that fit every person’s budget, just like with conventional gas cars. Hybrid Cars Need To Be Plugged In. While electric cars do have to be plugged in (and plug-in hybrids can be), this is not the case for standard gas-electric hybrids.

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Driving my Tesla Model 3 from Denmark to Coral Bay WA

My Electric Car

I bought the Tesla Model 3 SR+ in June 2021 so this would be a real get to know the car and charging options in August/September 2021. The first thing I did was to look at the Plug Share app to see where we could charge and calculate distances. At home, I drive about 50km in a day and the car uses around 16% battery.

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The Beast in the Rumble Seat

Plugs and Cars

He likes the Nissan Altima Hybrid well enough. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans." More important, Neil says, is that it comes from an automaker that had scoffed at "hybridization." Electric motors are clean, lightweight, maintenance-free and powerful. They are putting plugs on hybrids today.

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

Clean Fleet Report

The slippery aerodynamics are partially due to the deflectors of smooth underbody panels that block air going to the engine when in electric mode, and tiny rear lamp fins to improve air flow, resulting in a 0.24 Since this is not a plug-in hybrid, the Sonata Hybrid doesn’t have a dedicated EV mode. coefficient of drag.

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