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Ford’s South Africa Plant Starts Producing The New Ford Ranger PHEV For The Global Market

CleanTechnica EVs

As the transition to electric vehicles accelerates in several markets around the world, countries where the auto industry contributes significantly to their local economies need to accelerate their EV production to safeguard the future of their industries. An example of a country where the auto industry is a key pillar.

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Road Test: 2025 Lexus RX 450h+ AWD PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report recently spent a week in the 2025 RX 450h+ Luxury AWD plug-in hybrid, which lived up to the Lexus premium reputation while delivering impressive hybrid fuel economy. Power and Efficiency The 2025 RX 450h+ Luxury AWD is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or PHEV. Powered by a 2.5-liter miles per gallon.

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2025 BMW X3 30e xDrive Review: PHEV variant is the Ultimate Driving Machine

EV Central

litre and rise to $128,900 for the shouty and sporty M50 xDrive, while the PHEV sits in the middle at $104,100. For those who arent quite ready to go for one of the many BMW BEV options, the PHEV is a very smart first step towards electrification. What was surprising was just how good the PHEV was compared to the other two options.

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2025 Ford Ranger PHEV Review

Baua Electric

Overview IF IT looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck… It’s that kind of abductive reasoning we can just as easily apply to Ford’s new Ranger plug-in hybrid electric vehicle , or PHEV for short. Gross Combined Mass (GCM) for Ranger PHEV is listed at 6580kg.

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Does the manual gearbox have a future in an EV world?

Baua Electric

One reason for this decline in manual gearbox uptake is the growth in popularity of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). Automatic improvements Modern automatic transmissions, often managed by advanced computer systems, can optimise gear shifts with precision, resulting in improved fuel economy and reduced emissions.

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EVs At 60.7% Share In Sweden — Volvo XC40 Again Leads

CleanTechnica EVs

BEV share was flat YoY, while PHEV share was slightly up. Marchs auto sales saw plugin EVs at 60.7% share in Sweden, up year-on-year from 58.1%. Overall auto volume was 24,204 units, fractionally up YoY. The Volvo XC40 was the best selling BEV. Marchs sales totals showed combined plugin EVs. continued] The post EVs At 60.7%

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First drive of Haval’s prototype $40K EV family SUV: Meet the budget buy needed to rival MG’s S5 and BYD’s Atto 3

EV Central

Now is our time declares GWM as it launches Cannon Alpha PHEV targeting BYD Shark 6 Theres clear need for a budget family-sized EV in GWMs Australian line-up. Our minders from GWM wouldnt share much information on this mystery EV, but its body and cabin look near-identical to the Chinese market Xialong plug-in hybrid (PHEV).

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