Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

For electric-powered vehicles, the study found that low maintenance costs and charging affordability compared to traditional gas prices offset the higher upfront price tags. Costs of Charging vs. Fueling. Charging (fuel) is one area where EVs save. Toyota Prius have proved to be very durable. Nickel-Metal Hydride.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

MG 1 starts the gasoline engine and charges the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery, while MG2 drives the front wheels and regenerates the battery during braking and coasting, and MGR drives the rear wheels and also regenerates the battery. The EPA rates fuel economy at 31 mpg city/28 highway/30 combined. The system comprises a 3.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2010

V6 is EPA-rated at 14 mpg US city, 20 mpg US highway and 16 mpg US (14.7 Estimated fuel economy improves by more than 30%, putting the fuel efficiency of the Ford Explorer in line with sedans such as the 2010 Toyota Camry V6. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency. Offering two new engines—a new 3.5L V6 and the new 2.0L

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2011 Ford SUV Fuel Economy 186

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 26, 2021

Fuel economy is rated at 28 mpg city/36 highway/31 combined for the FWD Taos, with the AWD model returning 25/32/28. The LED lighting and chromed exhaust ports give the whole package an upscale look that makes the price tag look like a bargain. And this doesn’t address the segment leaders, the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V.

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Fuel Economy Economy Clean Cleaning 64

Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

The title of WhatGreenCar Car of the Year 2009 has been awarded to the ‘next generation’ Toyota Prius, due to be launched in the UK on 1 st August 2009. mpg and CO2 emissions of only 89 g/km – a 14% improvement over the highly successful current model, itself the winner of many awards since its UK launch in 2004.

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Prius Toyota Citroen i-MiEV 36

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

The Europeans have placed their bet on the more efficient diesel engine, achieving mpg ratings in excess of the Prius without the complication and expense of hybridization. Toyota had a different take. Of course Toyota has little incentive to let the electrical genie too far out of the bottle. No real motivation to plug in.

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Altima Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Lithium Ion Plug-in 100

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Toyota – Big in Hybrids; Betting on Fuel Cells & Electrics. We’ve tested most of those.

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Electric Cars Cars Plug-in Electric 105

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016. Tags: biofuels nissan GM zev mandate cafe standards barack obama battery electric car. It is consumers who are driving the demand for plug-in cars.

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Plug-in Plug Cars Obama 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Click to enlarge.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The all-electric range of the Prius Plug-In (23 km) will cover more than 50% of distances driven by single cars each day in Japan, according to Toyota. km/L (72 mpg US) (76 g/km CO 2 ). km/L (134 mpg US) (41 g/km CO 2 ). Battery charging power consumption. Click to enlarge. Prius Plug-In Performance Specs (Japan).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Add batteries and grid-charging, and you get PRIUS+, a "plug-in" hybrid (PHEV). Two EDrive/EnergyCS prototypes: (100+ mpg plus electricity, 30-mile range, with lithium-ion batteries. Our goal is to encourage Toyota and other automakers to supply the market for PHEVs. PRIUS+ can demonstrate driver interest in PHEVs.

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Prius Plug-in Plug Hybrid 48

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Toyota’s new FT-EV II concept. Toyota will display a new electric vehicle concept—the FT-EV II—at the 41 st Tokyo Motor Show later this month. Toyota will also showcase the Li-ion plug-in Prius concept, and a new compact, rear-wheel drive sports car concept. Tags: Electric (Battery). Click to enlarge.

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Concept Toyota Motor Motors 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA unveiled the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Like hydrogen fuel cells, battery-electrics will require the creation of infrastructure for re-charging, on the go. Toyota believes these are hurdles that will be cleared. The FT-CH concept.

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Prius Toyota Concept Hybrid 218

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

In the Toyota Prius companies like EDrive and Hybrids-Plus have simply developed their own replacement for the OEM battery management subsystems and replaced the battery pack. Formed in 2002, our efforts for "100+MPG Hybrids" took off when we built PRIUS+ , the worlds first plug-in Prius).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? They reinforce the Pacific National Labs January 2007 findings that we wont have to build new power plants for cars that charge at night. At $3 for a gallon of gas, driving a non-hybrid car costs 8-20 cents/mile (depending on MPG). Tags: evdriven. Using the average U.S.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) This was starting to hurt because it was one reason for a sudden surge in Toyotas market share." Detroit Free Press ).

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

If you’ve been wondering just how real the new Chevy Volt that gets 230 mpg in city driving is , well just take a look for yourself. This one might actually get MORE than 230 mpg in the city seeing as how it has no doors, windows, seats, any interior, hood, roof, underbody or trunk. May I charge your EV sir? Check the oil?

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i-MiEV 2009 Plug-in Volt 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Estimated highway fuel economy is 22 mpg city and 34 mpg US (6.9 Toyota Camry V6. This in turn allows greater valve overlap, resulting in an improved quality and quantity of the air charge entering each cylinder. Tags: Engines. four-cylinder more power than many V6 engines, all on regular fuel. and Competition.

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Hyundai Exhaust Waste Fuel Economy 199

Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 8, 2007

concept unveiled in Frankfurt is to give VW a low-cost, rear engine, affordable vehicle, both the minivan and plug-in hybrid should carry a meager price tag if they come to production. Ford to bring back ESCORT in 2010 with 100 mpg Hybrid Next Energy News Sept. Tags: manufacturers. Join Us today.

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Ford Volkswagon Minivan Los Angeles 100

Green Cars News

APRIL 20, 2009

We love the way it drives, and the Fusion Hybrid handily out-economizes both the Toyota Camry (33 mpg city/34 mpg hwy) and the Chevy Malibu (26mpg city/34 mpg hwy),” he said. The gauges can be customized to show various status elements, including the charge level of the battery or how efficiently you’re consuming fuel.”.

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Escape Fusion Green Cars Hybrid 36

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

While a series hybrid is good, the Toyota Prius gets 100 miles per gallon because after the 20 miles of pure EV mode, it kicks into a hybrid-electric car. a day to charge up! Yup, we are taking about no charging stations. That allows the driver while at work or at the train station to charge up. What can that do?

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Volt Electric Cars Cars GM 30

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. NREL, June 2006 Toyota Prius by EnergyCS Golden, CO Terry_Penney@. Barry Romich of Wayne County Sustainable Energy Network , 2008 Toyota Prius by Hymotion, September 2008 (Wooster, OH), contact: bromich@. Contact info: John Joyce.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives.

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Manufacturer Electric Cars Cars i-MiEV 34

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Each has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Chrysler to equip post offices in strategically selected regions of the United States with a charging infrastructure for the envisioned program. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan? 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Project Better Place plans to deploy a massive network of battery charging spots. Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Here we go again.or

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Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. It offers 18 models that deliver 30 mpg or more.

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