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The 2025 Mazda CX-70: Right-Sizing UPDATED

The Truth About Cars

You get to your Mazda dealer and see that a new contender has emerged. The all-new CX-70 shares a lot of its bones with the CX-90 , its exterior duds aren't just a shrunken-down copy. liter makes 340 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque while the PHEV, which has a 17.8 Enter the 2025 Mazda CX-70. The mild hybrid in the 3.3

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

seconds MPG: 21 city/29 highway/24 combined Small displacement, but dual power R/T Plus – Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) 1.3-liter, seconds MPG: 21 city/29 highway/24 combined Small displacement, but dual power R/T Plus – Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) 1.3-liter, kWh battery is by plugging in.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

New York City to Toledo? It will lose much of its steam and credibility after driving a 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid at your local dealer. [ Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all new stories and vehicle reviews. San Diego to San Francisco?

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

For instance, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that one auto dealer just outside the city specializing in used EVs actively discourages renters from buying them unless they have access to at-home chargers because of the unreliability of public chargers. And if they make an EV purchase, they often regret it.

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

EV Adoption

Probably the most needed and least controversial proposed change is the elimination of the phaseout of the tax cap that begins in the quarter after a manufacturer sells 200,000 BEVs or PHEVs in the US. But all of these PHEVs have batteries of around 9 kWh and so they could easily be upgraded to 10 kWh to qualify for the tax credit.