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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Like many of the residents that come to our EV Ride & Drive events or email me for advice on what EV to buy, I appreciate the many advantages EVs have over internal combustion engine-powered ones. I love that my EV is so efficient: EVs convert over 77% of the electrical energy from the grid to power at the wheels.

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Experts view on future transportation fuels

Green Car Congress

As an example, the gasoline compression ignition (GCI) engine could use low-octane gasolines that are ignited by compression to achieve diesel-like efficiencies. Renewable fuels that are chemically converted to equivalent petroleum products matched to the combustion engine that optimizes performance. Kalghatgi, G.,

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2016 Prius c hybrid gets big safety boost with Safety Sense-C system

Green Car Congress

Toyota’s hybrid technology integrates a gasoline engine, an electric motor within a Continuously Variable Transaxle, a nickel-metal hydride battery, a power control unit (inverter), a DC-DC converter, a step-up converter and a hybrid control computer. The Prius c’s SULEV (Tier 2 Bin 3)-rated 1.5-liter

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report got a chance to sample the model at a recent media event in San Diego. The gas power Toyota’s hybrid automatically switches between the electric drive mode, combined electric motor and gasoline engine, and gasoline-only engine power. It combines a 2.0-liter, The last four have a contrasting black roof.

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Small-displacement two-stroke H2 engine could address performance and emissions cost-effectively for recreational market; potential for Asian motor vehicle fleet

Green Car Congress

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Oh’s hydrogen engine matched the rated power of the original gasoline engine, with an achieved best-point gross indicated thermal efficiency is 42.4%. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. —Oh and Plante.

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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

liter gasoline powered, 4-cylinder engine combined with the twin electric motors. Gas plus two electric motors The hybrid system automatically switches between the pure electric drive mode, combined electric motor and gasoline engine, and gasoline-only engine power. Your numbers may differ.

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Road Test: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Reserve 4xe PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

liter turbocharged gasoline engine. The system, with a total of 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, is EPA city and highway combined rated at 23 mpg with the gasoline engine only. seconds with the transmission smoothly going through the gears, and with a seamless transition between gasoline and electric power.

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