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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

Clean Fleet Report

high-performance at 20 mpg city/27 highway/22 combined. In 240 miles driving around Southern California we averaged 23 mpg, but in a 100-mile run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we averaged 31.2 mpg, exceeding the EPA figure. EcoBoost Convertible $33,900. EcoBoost Convertible Premium $38,920.

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Road Test: 2024 Kia EV6 GT

Clean Fleet Report

Regenerative braking uses the motors to recharge the battery when slowing or coasting, converting kinetic energy into electric energy, which is stored in the battery. You want to experience faster than a Ferrari Roma and Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder RWD? Fast and smooth From a stop to 60 miles per hour in 3.4

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New 450hp Small Block V8 for 2014 Corvette features direct injection, cylinder deactivation, continuously variable valve timing

Green Car Congress

It will also deliver the most fuel-efficient Corvette ever, exceeding an EPA-estimated 26 mpg US (9.0 The cast header passages enable consistent exhaust flow into the “wide mouth” collector at the converter. When the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette arrives late next year, it will be powered by a new 6.2L L/100 km) on the highway.

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

Option to Convert the Tax Credit to a Time of Purchase Rebate. This new provision would give buyers of new EVs the option to convert the qualifying tax credit amount to a credit applied to the purchase amount at the time of sale. Effective Date: Jan 1, 2022. Effective Date: Jan 1, 2022.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Think has even shown a convertible prototype. As far as quick, Id give my left nut to own a Wrightspeed EV, so I could (quietly) blow the doors off Porsches and Ferraris. A car that gets 60 mpg still burns 17 gallons of gas every 1,000 miles versus a car that gets 21 mpg using E85 (my Chevy Impala) that burns 7.1