The Truth About Cars

MAY 21, 2024

Our drive route was different for the turbo and PHEV – I drove the PHEV on the winding Palms-to-Pines mountain highway and the turbo mostly around town, though I did get one stretch of mildly curvy road in it. Some pavement types led to some serious tire noise, though wind noise was almost nonexistent. And so on.

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Mazda PHEV Lexus MPG 59

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range.

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Audi Plug-in Plug Hybrid 150

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 3, 2023

The EPA has rated fuel economy at 22 mpg city/26 highway/24 combined. The Outback Wilderness is pleasantly smooth and easy to drive on the open highway, with acceptable wind and road noise. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class. A boxer with power.

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MPG SUV Clean Cleaning 85

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Estimated EPA fuel economy ratings are 53/46/50 mpg US city/highway/combined (4.4/5.1/4.7 This improves torque in all engine speed ranges as well as increasing fuel economy, and reducing exhaust emissions. While distributed windings often deliver excellent performance, they can be bulky as well as costly to build.

Prius 356

Prius Hybrid Motor Motors 356

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? The comparison keeps being raised, though studies are conclusive: The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. At $3 for a gallon of gas, driving a non-hybrid car costs 8-20 cents/mile (depending on MPG).

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 2, 2023

Wind and road noise were reduced partly due to acoustic laminated glass and sound deadening insulation. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. There was limited body roll and the ride was comfortable and confident.

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Hyundai All-Electric Miles Range 76

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

and extensive BlueEFFICIENCY measures to reduce fuel consumption. One leader in terms of fuel consumption for the SUV line is the ML 250 BlueTEC 4MATIC, which offers an NEDC consumption of 6.0 liter V6 which offers far better performance coupled with a substantial reduction in fuel consumption. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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Mercedes SUV Fuel Energy 220

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The Ioniq Hybrid offers up to the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg / 4.05 We preferred sport mode when (a) driving for fund on windings roads and (b) overtaking on two-lane roads. Hyundai has begun the US roll-out of its Ioniq line-up of electrified vehicles: hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric.

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Hyundai Plug-in PHEV Hybrid 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It says the Volt is too little, too lateand too expensive to save the beleaguered automaker, and it recently chastised GM for pumping so much money into the Volt instead of developing more fuel-efficient gasoline cars. GM is developing more fuel-efficient vehicles. It offers 18 models that deliver 30 mpg or more.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41