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Hertz adds 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid to rental fleet

Green Car Congress

The Hertz Corporation, which includes the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands, has expanded of its Green Traveler Collection car rental fleet to include the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ) in select cities across the US. All of the Green Traveler cars have fuel efficiency ratings starting at 33+ highway mpg.

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

Clean Fleet Report

Case-in-point is the all-new GV60 EV, which followed its cousins, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (2020), and the Kia EV6 ( 2021). After driving 246 miles through Southern California counties of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego, we had 30 miles of range remaining on the dash gauge. So Genesis, you did a great job. EPA at 235 miles.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

I think we have 22 or 24 buses in the San Diego area, and we have another deployment underway in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where we are initially deploying 24 as well. LA Unified is the second-largest school bus fleet in the US; they have around 1,800 diesel school buses. That’s significant. That’s significant.

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Road Test: 2022 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

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Along with Hyundai and Honda who also have sold FCEVs, since 2012 there have been 14,225 fuel cell cars sold in the United States, nearly all of those in California. Simple math says we possibly could have driven 316 miles, which is just 36 miles shy of Los Angeles to the Silicon Valley. Flash Drive/News: 2020 Hyundai Nexo FCEV.

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Volkswagen Group shows 3 hydrogen fuel cell concepts at LA Show: Audi A7 Sportback h-tron; Golf Sportwagen HyMotion; Passat HyMotion

Green Car Congress

The ultimate goal—one that Volkswagen Group and brand executives consistently emphasize—is to enable “bumper-to-bumper” production of brand models equipped with different drive systems (gasoline, diesel, natural gas, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell) using the same production line. Audi A7 Sportback h-tron.

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro EV Wave

Clean Fleet Report

In 340 miles of driving through Southern California counties of Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles, we averaged 4.1 Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh), which is very efficient.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. The advanced technology vehicle would have an extended driving range on battery power alone and would also have a diesel or gasoline engine that could power the car when the battery was low.

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