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UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

Green Car Congress

In its sixth sales-weighted analysis of emissions from 8 major automakers’ 2013 model year vehicles, the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report found that Hyundai-Kia unseated Honda as the “Greenest Automaker.” Honda came in second, with Toyota, Nissan, and Volkswagen in a three-way tie for third place.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. it is in miles. A PHEV-20, for example, has a 20-mile electric-only range. PHEV - These vehicles combine the advantages of both HEV and EV vehicles. In English-system (vs.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently."

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Perhaps not what you thought 

Electric Auto Association

In 2019, Honda’s moderately-sized fleet was required to produce an average of 227 grams per mile (g/mi) while Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s (FCA) fleet of mostly behemoths was allowed to emit 275. Honda ended up beating its fleet standard by 12 g/mi, performing at 212, while FCA’s fleet underperformed by 28 g/mi, scoring an abysmal 303.

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Perhaps not what you thought 

Electric Auto Association

In 2019, Honda’s moderately-sized fleet was required to produce an average of 227 grams per mile (g/mi) while Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s (FCA) fleet of mostly behemoths was allowed to emit 275. Honda ended up beating its fleet standard by 12 g/mi, performing at 212, while FCA’s fleet underperformed by 28 g/mi, scoring an abysmal 303.

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