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Honda premiers BRIO urban commuter car in Thailand

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(HATC), Honda’s automobile production and sales subsidiary in Thailand, has unveiled the BRIO urban commuter car. liter 4-cylinder i-VTEC engine delivering 90 hp (67 kW), with fuel economy of 5 L/100km (47 mpg US). The starting price will be 399,900 baht (US$13,300), with an annual sales plan of 40,000 units.

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Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018

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unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. Riversimple plans to offer the car to motorists through a “sale-of-service” model. Customers will simply exchange or return the car at the end of the ownership period.

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No Hybrid Ford Explorer or Lincoln Aviator for the 2024 Model Year

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The Explorer excels at towing and off-road work, all while still being a competent commuter car. It seems plausible that retail customers were looking at the fuel economy advantages offered by the hybrid and decided it wasn’t worth the extra money. liter V-6 gas engine, while the 2024 Explorer is offered with the same 3.0L

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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Concludes Knockout Qualifying Stage; 15 Vehicles from 12 Teams Continue On

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Vehicles also had to complete emissions, efficiency, and range events in which they had to achieve at least two-thirds the minimum fuel economy and range requirements. For fuel economy, this translates to at least 67 MPGe, or two-thirds of the 100 MPGe target for both vehicle classes.

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2023 Toyota Prius Review – Better, But is That Good Enough?

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The Toyota Prius has pretty much always been focused solely on fuel economy. Driving dynamics took a back seat to fuel economy. If you bought a Prius (or leased one) you likely bought it for fuel economy – or maybe because it was affordable. Toyota bumps the power by giving the hybrid a larger gas engine – it’s now 2.0-liters

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New diesel Volkswagen Golf GTD heading for the US; first driving impressions

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diesel delivering 184 horsepower (137 kW), 280 lb-ft (380 N·m) of torque, CO 2 emissions of 109 g/km, and a NEDC combined fuel economy figure of 56 mpg US (4.2 New EA288 TDI engine. liter TDI Clean Diesel engine that is transversely mounted, driving the front wheels. The engine has a compression ratio of 15.8:1.

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2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Review – Cheap(ish) Speed

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Depending on how you option your car, you get either two separate digital screens or a one-piece curved glass screen with the gauges in front of the driver (duh) and the infotainment stuff angled towards said driver. Ford says it is using the Unreal Engine 3D platform that is used in computer gaming.

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