The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 13, 2023

An outfit called Flex has apparently been slinging these types of conversions for some spell but is now expanding its presence into America through a location in San Diego. & Arguments have raged for eons about the effectiveness of these types of conversions in which an older car’s visage is pasted onto a modern machine.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

How dare Ford besmirch the good Mustang name by calling a SUV, powered by electricity no less, a Mustang? As I was driving down the freeway, I passed the Ford dealer in San Juan Capistrano and saw a white Mach-E. I stopped in for a test drive, but this was during COVID which meant a sales person could not be with me in the car.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Conversely, when on the highway, having the option to turn off the EV mode and run the gasoline hybrid motor will return the most efficient driving. San Diego to San Francisco? Knee and leg room for third row passengers also good and puts all but the largest SUVs to shame. Charlotte to Orlando? Touring L $48,573.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 16, 2021

If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. Conversely, when on the highway, having the option to turn off the EV mode and run the gasoline hybrid motor will return the most efficient driving. San Diego to San Francisco? Edging toward SUV looks.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

Earlier this month, Volkswagen and Eaton executives met with a small group of journalists at the VW Electronics Research Laboratory in Belmont, California, to discuss VW’s partnership with Eaton on AC and DC charging, followed by a broader conversation about VW’s plans for vehicle electrification over the next several years. Click to enlarge.

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