The Truth About Cars

JUNE 5, 2023

Some materials felt a bit cheap, though. The entire package is well put together, balancing fun-to-drive, functionality, and fuel economy. There's also a starter/generator motor that makes 17.3 hp and 31.9 lb-ft of torque. If it looks like I am struggling to pick nits, well, I am. All at a reasonable price.

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Kia Price Hybrid Juice 93

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. This trend is driven by major improvements in fuel economy in many countries, especially in the largest car markets in the United States, China, Europe and Japan. Natural gas also plays a growing role in the transport sector, its share rising from 3% to 4%.

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Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet 247

The Truth About Cars

JULY 17, 2023

Safety standards have required the implementation of systems that often won’t fit into older/smaller designs and loopholes in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards have resulted in manufacturers sizing up models to exploit regulatory blind spots. Let’s take a trip back in time to see how this all started.

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Vehicles Fuel Economy United States Automobile 98

Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

But it’s not cheap; it’s not elegant; and Lexus’ tech foibles carry over from the standard RX and other models. Volvo’s system will automatically kick in the gas engine when the accelerator is mashed to the floor, but Lexus doesn’t engage the gas engine in EV only mode unless the juice runs out. When the gas 2.5-liter

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Lexus Future Plug-in Plug 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

In one of the first comprehensive assessments of the fuel economy standards in the United States, researchers from Princeton University and the University of Tennessee found that, over their 40-year history, the standards helped reduce reliance on foreign oil producers, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and saved consumers money.

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Fuel Economy Economy Standards Fuel 307

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Hydrocarbon wax is the major product of the low temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process from syngas and is currently thermally “cracked” to produce various fuels. Against this backdrop, we sought to investigate heavy alkane hydrocarbon waxes as cheap, safe, readily producible and widely accessible hydrogen storage materials.

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Hydrogen Saudi Arabia Carbon Cheap 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rules are, as the name implies, based on an average fuel economy of all the vehicles a manufacturer sells.

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Chrysler 2009 Dodge Circuit Electric Cars 32

The Truth About Cars

JULY 25, 2023

Other standard or available features on the GT include Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, wireless phone charging; 3.15, 3.55 Fuel economy is listed at 14/23/17 for the manual and 15/24/18 for the automatic. This car isn’t cheap, and that stinks. Available on the GT, including with the stick. Torsen, or 3.73

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Ford Price Power Powered 98

Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2018

Automakers may complain about rising gas mileage standards, but as several have proved over the years, they don't always have to meet them. Another strategy, employed regularly over the years by a few automakers is to ignore the fuel economy standards and just pay the penalties for missing them.

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Gas Fuel Economy Cheap Economy 112