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Used EV price drop, Lexus UX hybrid mpg, die-cast electric G-wagen: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Used EVs are selling at lower prices than last year. And the most affordable Lexus gets more fuel-efficient. The Mercedes G-wagen EV goes die-cast, with a sustainability twist. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Review: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid prioritizes low price, high mpg

Green Car Reports

Dropping Toyota’s well-proven and fuel-efficient hybrid system into the Corolla Cross boosts fuel efficiency to an estimated 42 mpg combined, against the 30 mpg combined of the standard AWD model. All hybrid versions.

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Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2

Green Car Congress

A team from the University of Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has the fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements over the past 43 years amount to approximately two trillion gallons of gasoline. Estimated attribution of fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements to light-duty vehicles since 1975.

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Used EV price drop, Lexus UX hybrid mpg, die-cast electric G-wagen: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

Used EVs are selling at lower prices than last year. And the most affordable Lexus gets more fuel-efficient. The UX 300h AWD now gets 43 mpg combined, and it starts around $40,000. The Mercedes G-wagen EV goes die-cast, with a sustainability twist. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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2024 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid gets price hike, ahead of Civic Hybrid arrival

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The 2024 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid gets a price hike to go along with its refreshed exterior and interior. Hyundai released pricing information for the 2024 Elantra Hybrid earlier this month, showing a starting price of $26,250 for the base Blue grade before destination. But fuel economy hasn’t changed much.

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Gas prices spur demand for high-mpg vehicles, amid short supplies

Green Car Reports

With surging gas prices dominating headlines, inventories of fuel-efficient vehicles and EVs are shrinking as supply appears short of demand, according to CarsDirect. A recent search of inventory listings on Cars.com showed just 472 new Toyota Prius hybrids available in the entire United States.

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2022 Honda Insight hybrid starts $2,000 higher, still gets 52 mpg

Green Car Reports

The 2022 Honda Insight hybrid sedan gets a price bump for the new model year, but retains its 52 mpg combined EPA fuel-economy rating. The price increase is largely due to the elimination of the base LX trim level, leaving only the EX and Touring trim levels.