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Time to unplug phoney PHEV fuel ratings: Australia’s “electrified” automotive future isn’t all its cracked up to be | Opinion

EV Central

READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! And so we come to plug-in hybrids, and their supposed fuel efficiency. I just spent a week in the BMW XM Label Red, a mega plug-in hybrid, which claims an offical combined fuel-economy figure of 1.7 litres per 100km.

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New Nissan Qashqai in Europe to offer 12V MHEV and upgraded e-POWER powertrains

Green Car Congress

With both 2WD and 4WD variants, 6-speed manual or new Xtronic CVT transmissions, and pure-electric motor driving courtesy of e-POWER, the all-new Qashqai’s powertrain options cater for every customer requirement with driving pleasure at the heart of all the powertrain configurations. The ALiS is mated to the refined and reputable 1.3

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CNG car and SUV sales jump 29% in first 10 months of FY2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Even as news about electric vehicles (EVs) continues to dominate the headlines, CNG took a share of them last week as a result of Tata Motors’ reveal of the CNG-powered concept variant of the Tata Nexon. What’s also driving the consumer shift to CNG models is the unchanged (since May 2022) high price of petrol (Rs 106.29

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Honeywell Expects Turbocharged Engine Segment to Double by 2015

Green Car Congress

Despite the buzz around hybrid and electric vehicles, it is clear that automakers will be looking primarily at turbocharged engines to help green their fleets and meet the regulatory targets like CAFE in the US. Polk & Co., as well as customer forecasts, interviews, and discussions.

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University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

Green Car Congress

The fuel consumption figure, and the computed CO 2 figure, are in close agreement with the newly introduced world-wide harmonized light vehicle test (WLTP) figures for the Toyota Prius IV vehicle that have been published by Toyota. of the WLTP fuel economy measure, and within 5.7% Specifically, within 2.5%

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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

Baua Electric

A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together.

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Why Hybrids are gaining momentum amid EV frenzy | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The hybrid vehicles — dual powered by a petrol engine and an electric motor — are gathering strong traction amongst SUV buyers versus all electric battery-operated passenger vehicles. The price premium between a hybrid and EV equivalent over petrol, hybrid is better off, despite high GST.”

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