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Road Test: 2023 Maserati Grecale Modena Mild Hybrid

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A mild hybrid has an electric motor that provides efficiency for the main gasoline engine by allowing the engine to be turned off whenever the car is coasting, braking or stopped, then quickly restarted once power is required. With 0-60 mph in 5.3 mpg, with our overall economy coming in just above the EPA rating at 26.1

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. Which brings us to the Ferrari’s secret sauce: electricity. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Volkswagen’s 1.0L eco up! natural gas vehicle offers 79g CO2/km

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, Volkswagen used a newly developed three-cylinder gasoline engine with 999 cc displacement (EA211 engine series). seconds; its top speed is 164 km/h (102 mph). Although the 12-valve engine was specially configured to operate with natural gas, as an alternative it can be fueled with unleaded premium gasoline. The eco up!

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China R&D company introduces micro-turbine range extender technology at Geneva

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Techrules, a new China-based automotive R&D company, made its global debut at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show with the unveiling of a Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) series hybrid system applied in a 6-motor, all-wheel drive supercar concept. seconds, 350 km/h (217 mph) restricted top speed). Earlier post.).

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