Green Car Reports
JANUARY 10, 2017
More proof that plugging in cuts carbon emissions, news on the batteries of the new 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid, and discouraging news on the calculated fuel economy of new vehicles sold last year: all this and more in today's car news on Green Car Reports.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 21, 2017
What company teased us with the possibility of 6-minute electric-car recharging? Which vehicles made it into the finalists for our Best Car To Buy 2018 award, and which didn't? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, October 20, 2017.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 29, 2015
SiC PCU under the hood of the Camry hybrid test vehicle. Toyota will begin the on-road testing of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors in Japan this year, using a Camry hybrid prototype and a fuel cell bus. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). The three had announced their joint development efforts in May 2014.
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 5, 2021
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. Gas is the primary fuel; the batteries recharge as the vehicle moves and brakes, but the electric power is an auxiliary motive source, so the car will need less fuel. This is simply not true.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 11, 2009
Camry hybrid) PHEV with a 4 kWh and an 8 kWh pack; and a series hybrid (extended-range electric vehicle, e.g., Volt) with a 12 kWh and a 16 kWh pack. These were compared to a conventional HEV, using the same hybrid drive as the power split PHEV, and a conventional combustion engine vehicle. Optimum engine power strategy.
Green Car Congress
MAY 26, 2015
Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid. Accord Plug-in Hybrid.
Get Electric Vehicle
MAY 28, 2022
A hybrid vehicle runs on gasoline plus a little amount of electricity; the battery powers the car for a few miles and then recharges as it slows down or descends. Hybrid vehicles improve fuel efficiency, but they aren’t considered a long-term option. Stages in Electrification. Electrification is divided into three stages.
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