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Flash Drive: 2022 Toyota Tundra

Clean Fleet Report

This is what Toyota has done with the all-new 2022 Tundra, which we previewed in a Texas-based drive program last week. With choices of gasoline or a gasoline-electric (hybrid) engine, rear-wheel (RWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD), the 2022 Tundra gives buyers multiple options of power and fuel economy. Ready to make a new climb.

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IPCC Scientist Says Climate Change Likely to Accelerate More Quickly and Be More Damaging Than Predicted

Green Car Congress

Without decisive action, climate change this century is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than predicted, according to Professor Chris Field of Stanford University, and a leading member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Chris Field. Chris Field.

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27,000km Pole to Pole in a Nissan EV?

EV Central

Chris and Julie Ramsey with their 2023 Nissan Ariya Pole-to-Pole custom special Charging points are hardly plentiful in these icy tundras, and good luck plugging in at a desert servo. More than that, electric car battery life is seriously strangled in cold climates, and it doesn’t get much chillier than those Poles.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Sequoia

Clean Fleet Report

Fuel economy numbers have not been announced, but the same gasoline-hybrid power plant in the Toyota Tundra pickup gets 20 mpg city/24 highway/22 combined. The 2023 Sequoia is easy-to-drive with its balanced ride coming from the fully boxed frame that it shares with the Toyota Tundra, Land Cruiser and Lexus LX. Smooth Performer.

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DOE to Support Research Associated with Water Issues for Shale Gas and Alaskan Oil and Natural Gas

Green Car Congress

Increasing population, heightened per capita water demands, regional droughts, and concerns over climate change have combined to make water issues even more pressing. Such technologies should offer alternatives to the conventional practice of pumping unfrozen water from tundra lakes.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

Cars That Think

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota BZ4X EV

Clean Fleet Report

Power and Range. Driving Range: XLE: 252 miles; Limited: 242 miles. Driving Range: XLE: 228 miles; Limited: 222 miles. Driving range, or “range anxiety,” still weighs heavily on potential EV owners. What will power the next generation 4Runner, Sequoia, Land Cruiser, Tacoma, Tundra, and Supra? of torque.

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