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Karma Automotive debuts first Club Car Current EVs produced under agreement with AYRO

Green Car Congress

The Karma Innovation and Customization Center (KICC) revealed the first Club Car Current vehicles being produced under a contract manufacturing agreement with AYRO. These light-duty EVs fill the gap between full-sized trucks and small utility carts for low-speed logistics and cargo services in campus and urban environments.

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Flash Drive: 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The Tucson, available in five trims, has three propulsion options—gasoline, gas-electric hybrid and gas-electric plug-in hybrid. Within those are trims of the N Line appearance package and XRT, which offers a bit more ruggedness for light off-roading. A big “Thanks!”

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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

EV Adoption

If we didn’t have enough hurdles to electric vehicle adoption in the US, one of the challenges that drives me absolutely bonkers is the confusing and inconsistent use of charging terminology. To scale up EV adoption we need to increase consumer awareness and understanding of the “electric refueling” process. But nobody else cares. .

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Road Test: 2021 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport V6 SEL Premium R-Line

Clean Fleet Report

mpg, just a touch below membership in the magic 30 MPG AWD Club. coefficient of drag (C d ), which is a technical measure of how slippery the Atlas Cross Sport goes through the air, and the engine stop/start feature that turns-off the engine at a traffic light or stopped in rush hour traffic, then restarts when you release the brake pedal.

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Road Test: 2023 Volkswagen Taos SEL 4Motion

Clean Fleet Report

The rack and pinion electric power steering was too light for our liking, even though it was progressive, tightening (or becomes heavier) on the open road, While lighter in town. The front end has rounded edges with LED lighting on all trim levels (the SEL gets dynamic cornering headlights). Very European. respectively.

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Road Test: Ford 2023 Escape PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

The Natural Bridge to an EV Escaping the High Price of Fuel The natural bridge from a gasoline-powered car to an electric vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). A 37-mile range EV Electric and Gasoline Power The 2023 Ford Escape PHEV is powered by a 2.5-liter miles per gallon combined gasoline and electricity.

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Escape PHEV Titanium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The 2022 Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is powered by a 2.5-liter That number jumps to 105 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when combining electricity and gasoline. MPGe is a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline.

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