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Lexus UX mpg boost, Toyota Crown PHEV, Chevy Blazer EV V2H: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And will a Toyota Crown plug-in hybrid go 55 miles all-electric? The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV is ready for bidirectional charging, GM officials underscored at the. The Blazer EV is ready for home backup, but the software and home hardware aren’t here yet. Lexus gives its UX hybrid crossover a boost.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

No, not the Toyota Starlet or Corolla Tercel , not the Honda CRX HF , not the Subaru Justy. It was the Chevrolet Sprint ER , and I've found a nicely intact example in a car graveyard just east of Sacramento. After the Geo brand got the axe in 1997, the Metro became a Chevrolet. 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER in California junkyard.

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Chevrolet Cruze Eco achieves EPA-rated 42 mpg on highway

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The non-hybrid 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco delivers an EPA-estimated 42 mpg on the highway (manual transmission models), with city fuel economy of 28 mpg. Aerodynamic improvements over non-Eco manual-transmission models contributed approximately six mpg to the Cruze’s EPA-estimated 42 mpg highway fuel economy.

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Charging shorts EV interest, big SUV safety, Rivian Gen 2 and Toyota hybrid wagon: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

Check out first drives of the Rivian R1S and R1T, and the Toyota Crown Signia hybrid wagon. Several big, gas-guzzling SUVs aren’t actually so safe , found the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in a new round of crash tests of the Chevrolet Tahoe, Ford Expedition, and Jeep Wagoneer. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Ford Escape with EcoBoost Engine EPA-rated at 33 mpg highway

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liter EcoBoost engine has earned an EPA fuel economy rating of 33 mpg US (7.13 l/100 km) on the highway cycle—2 mpg better than the Honda CR-V and 5 mpg better than Toyota RAV4. Offered for the first time in North America, the engine delivers 23 mpg US (10.2 liter EcoBoost, rated at 22 mpg (10.7

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Road Test: 2023 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE AWD PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

How Does 50+ MPG Sound? Here is the truth: when owning a 2023 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE AWD PHEV, you will never buy gasoline for probably 90% of your regular driving. The Toyota parallel hybrid drivetrain has a non-turbocharged 2.5-liter mpg, but in two all-electric runs we saw 49 and 51 AER. The overall average was 46.7

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Chevy Equinox diesel offers EPA-rated 39 mpg hwy; starts at $31,435

Green Car Congress

The 2018 Chevrolet Equinox offers an EPA-certified 39 mpg (6.03 GM expects that number to top the segment in highway fuel economy, with greater highway mileage than the 2017 Toyota RAV4 hybrid (30 mpg) and Nissan Rogue hybrid (35 mpg FWD). l/100 km) on the highway (FWD model) with the available 1.6L Earlier post.).

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