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Are Hybrids More Reliable Than ICE Vehicles?

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Comparative Performance: Hybrids, PHEVs, and ICE Vehicles Hybrids emerge as more reliable options, experiencing 26 percent fewer problems than ICE vehicles. Conversely, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) show an average of 146 percent more problems compared to ICE vehicles. In contrast, U.S.

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Toyota Launching G Sports Conversion Series; Includes Hybrids

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Toyota plans to begin a gradual rollout in Japan in mid-2010 of its newly developed “G Sports” (G) sports conversion car series. The GRMN Sports Hybrid concept. TMC has directly designed this sports conversion series, instead of the conventional approach of outsourcing development to a customization firm. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota introducing new powertrain units based on TNGA; transmissions, engine, hybrid system, 4WD

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liter engine with 40% thermal efficiency (41% in hybrid applications); a new 2.0-liter liter hybrid system; and new 4WD systems—one for gasoline-engined cars, one for hybrids—based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). Conversion to wider gear ranges. liter Toyota Hybrid System (THS II).

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UCS Hybrid ScoreCard Dings Automakers for Forced Features in Hybrid Offerings

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Hybrids don’t have to be luxury vehicles. As an example, the UCS “Hybrid Scorecard” gives both the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid a high “hybrid value” rating. But both models come with forced features that cost nearly as much as their hybrid drivetrains.

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Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

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Now, Toyota has entered their sights largely due to the company’s refusal to take electric vehicles seriously, its reliance on gas-powered hybrids, and its marketing campaigns that exist to create confusion about electric vehicles and channel consumers into dirtier fossil-powered vehicles.

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Koenigseg Gemera, Bugatti Kind 57SC Atlantic: Automobile Information Headlines

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The Swedish hypercar marque has perceivable the manufacturing model of its Gemera four-seater, which is being presented with an to be had V-8 engine (the usual engine is an inline-3) that along side a hybrid device boosts output to a record-breaking 2,300 hp. Simply six of the conversions have been finished, and now one is up on the market.

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April 2023 – Plug-in car market share continues to grow in Norway

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plugin hybrids (PHEVs). As we noted for the neighbouring Swedish market , plugless hybrids (HEVs) are now passée in Norway, such is the country’s advanced stage of the EV transition. As for newcomer BEV models, just as we saw in neighbouring Sweden, the Toyota’s group sibling, the Lexus RZ450e made its debut in Norway in April.

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