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2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV: 42 mile EV range/600 total miles! A smash hit!

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Toyota’s ground-breaking SUV reached a 10M global sales landmark in February of 2020. By John Coulter, CURRENT EV CMO In its new Prime, Toyota offers a RAV4 green version that employs a hybrid drivetrain relying on a gas engine and electric motors that draw power from a plug and regenerative braking. Time will tell.

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Flash Drive: 2022 Volkswagen Taos

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Fuel economy is rated at 28 mpg city/36 highway/31 combined for the FWD Taos, with the AWD model returning 25/32/28. The LED lighting and chromed exhaust ports give the whole package an upscale look that makes the price tag look like a bargain. And this doesn’t address the segment leaders, the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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The first new 2010 Ford Taurus sedans were delivered at the end of July, as well as the first Transit Connects. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% American Honda Motor Co., Nevertheless, July was Honda’s highest volume month so far this year. Tags: Hybrids Sales. year-on-year.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG. They will join the one Honda Fuel Cell car currently in private hands in Southern California.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016. million FedEx will get to replace grid-connected zero emission battery forklifts with fuel cell forklifts. But their dreams haven’t yet been sunk. Such as the $1.1

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." This was starting to hurt because it was one reason for a sudden surge in Toyotas market share." See Chevy Volt for latest.

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Hyundai Adds a Twin-Scroll Turbo to Sonata

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Estimated highway fuel economy is 22 mpg city and 34 mpg US (6.9 Toyota Camry V6. Honda Accord V6. If the exhaust passages of cylinder one and three were connected, the exhaust gas pulse from cylinder three would increase the back pressure of cylinder one. Tags: Engines. Comparison of Sonata 2.0T

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