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Road Test: 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE Mild Hybrid

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liter turbocharged inline 6-cylinder mild hybrid. Mild hybrid engine technology uses an electric motor in conjunction with a gasoline engine, but unlike a traditional hybrid it cannot run solely on electricity. The mild hybrid electric motor boosts the gasoline engine when accelerating and modestly helps with fuel economy.

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GM BEV3 and electric trucks, Sonata Hybrid: Today’s Car News

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GM presents some more information about its electric vehicles, ahead of a deeper download next month. And the Hyundai Sonata will get free miles from the sun. The 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is officially out, in U.S. This and more, today at Green Car Reports.

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Volvo enhances mobile app to support V60 plug-in hybrid

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The app also enables users to connect with the plug-in diesel V60 Hybrid. New functions specific to the V60 D6 AWD Plug-in Diesel Hybrid incude: Passenger compartment preconditioning. Hybrid battery check. Detailed data of each trip during the last 40 days can be downloaded and stored. Send destination to the car.

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Hyundai launches Sonata PHEV; 22-mile electric range

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Hyundai lanched the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle—Hyundai’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle—along with the hybrid version of the seventh-generation Sonata, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. as well as provide visual cues to distinguish the hybrid models from other Sonatas.

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Battle for ‘tech luxury’ in China as EVs get smarter – and cheaper – ET Auto

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SAIC Motor brand Roewe’s just-released D5X DMH plug-in hybrid SUV, which starts around USD 16,500, allows drivers to enter up to 10 different commands into a navigation system, such as a series of different destinations, all at once. The EV with a 300-km (186-mile) range sells for USD 9,600.

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Ford aggregate driver data show its PHEV owners operate in electric mode nearly 60% of the time

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Ford plug-in hybrid owners are operating in electric mode nearly 60% of the time, according to new aggregate data collected from Ford’s MyFord Mobile app. More daily total miles. With Ford’s share of the US electrified vehicle market at nearly 16% for the first half of 2013, between 100,000 and 160,000 miles are being driven every day.

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An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test

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An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test True Long Range: 1,796 Miles and Four States in a 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Ford presented a great opportunity to test the long-range suitability of the 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E when I received an invitation to attend the Ford Bronco Off-Roadeo program in Moab, Utah. miles per kWh.