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Cash for Clunkers By the Numbers

Green Car Congress

mpg and the average fuel economy of vehicles purchased is 24.9 mpg: a 58% improvement. Toyota Prius. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD. Jeep Cherokee 4WD. Chevrolet Blazer 4WD. Chevrolet C1500 Pickup 2WD. Eighty-four percent of consumers traded in trucks and 59% purchased passenger cars. Ford Focus FWD.

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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

I think that’s fair since on a good day my 3 ½-year-old Chevrolet Volt has a 61-mile all-electric range, roughly comparable to a used Nissan Leaf or Fiat 500e. My lifetime tally is 231 mpg, which means I’ve used less than 80 gallons of gas over the car’s 42 months on the road. Toyota Prius Prime PHEV – 14,275.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

Green Car Congress

Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% However, GM total crossover sales of 39,937 were up 6%, driven by the performance of Chevrolet Traverse which contributed more than 6,600 sales. Compared with June: Chevrolet Aveo, Cobalt, Impala and Malibu contributed to a Chevrolet car retail increase of 8%.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. Plug-in planned from Day One.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Chevrolet Bolt 22,799. Chevrolet Bolt/Bolt EUV – Waiting for more GM EVs. First was to introduce the second generation Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car (which gets tossed in with plug-in hybrids even though its system really takes a different approach). The Prius Prime becomes Toyota’s leader with a plug.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

But interestingly, despite the loss of the tax credit, the Tesla Model Y and Model 3 and Chevrolet Bolt have been the top-selling EVs in the US since EVs from Tesla and GM no longer qualified. The Tesla Model 3 will qualify for an $8,000 tax credit, whereas the Chevrolet Bolt would be eligible for the maximum $12,500 tax credit.