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Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

Clean Fleet Report

Low-cost but not cheap. liter gasoline engine with multi-port injection, good for 120 horsepower and 112 pound-feet of torque, mated to an intelligent variable transmission (iVT). This well-built small car should not be considered “cheap” as some people see that as meaning poorly built. Road Test: 2022 Honda Civic.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. light-duty vehicle fleet would produce around 16 times the output of stationary power plants. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD; whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. That put it squarely in competition with segment leaders Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V. Three interior combinations are offered: dark brown and black, light grey and clay, and light brown and grey. Then VW launched the U.S.-built

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Why Are Modern Vehicles So Much Bigger?

The Truth About Cars

In the 1960s, Americans were enjoying cheap gasoline and everyday automobiles boasting some of the largest engines ever manufactured. But the gist is that basically anything that has enough space to haul some plywood in the back or has any kind of legitimate off-road capability could theoretically be deemed a light truck.

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Review: 2025 Toyota Camry hybrid blends into the background

Baua Electric

The gasoline engine pairs with Toyota’s fifth-gen version of the planetary-gear-configured hybrid system dubbed THS 5. I was surprised, and delighted, as the expectation of overboosted light steering simply wasn’t met. The plastic is wavy and looks cheap, especially in the sun. Every 2025 Camry has a 2.5-liter

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

My only serious gripe was that they’re supposed to take premium gasoline, returning roughly 36 mpg. But it helps preserve gasoline and those that find it unappealing (like I did) can simply turn it off — resulting in predictable and immediate throttle response — or save it for the boring portions of the route.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. "This vehicle is so light it doesnt even require power steering," said Chrysler spokesman Nick Cappa.