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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. There is no need for a starter motor nor clutch in Toyota’s hybrid system. During reversing, the Prius is powered only by the electric motor. petrol engine is not running.

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Why 2023 will be another great year for electric vehicles

My Energi

Despite doom and gloom stories about electric motoring dominating the national press for the first few weeks of the year, it is clear to anyone who looks at the data that 2023 will be a great year for electric vehicles in the UK. By the end of 2022, more than 1.1

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. The most powerful F-150 Lightning will have up to 433kW and 1051Nm and be capable of faster acceleration than any petrol-powered F-150 before it.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

The Honda FCX Clarity FCEV and the Toyota Mirai FCEV, both use an electric drive motor and a battery pack. The motors are highly efficient, they have the same torque characteristics and they are silent. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

EVs wear through tires quicker, as they weigh more and their torque-rich motor systems tear away more persistently at the tread. So there is virgin carbon black from petrol; there is recovery of carbon black from pyrolysis; and now you have sustainable carbon black coming from the pyrolysis oil,” Roget summed.

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Rajiv Bajaj's Chetak has a New Factory & Sad State of Auto Media

Plug In India

He says supply chains are not robust enough and thus production seems to be the real issue for Bajaj. Back in 2020 when we visited the Chetak experience center at FC road in Pune , we were told that the swing arm motor and the battery pack were imported from Bosch. Dealers in Latin America, Europe and other locations are interested.

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2024 Toyota BZ4X full service lease? Better have deep pockets

EV Central

Regardless, that’s still $26,000 over the cheapest petrol Toyota RAV4. Toyota Australia’s introduced its first full service lease deal , supplying you a new BZ4X, registration, insurance, service, tyre replacement, roadside assist and connectivity subscriptions. But boy it ain’t cheap.

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