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How Efficient Is Your EV? It’s Complicated

Cars That Think

With motor sports moving hard and fast toward electric drive, a friend recently told me that electric drag-car racing just wouldn't be the same without the deafening roar of combustion engines and the smell of "nitro" fuel. So perhaps it isn't too early to start getting nostalgic about our gas guzzlers. She's 90 years old.

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Charged Up: The 2024 Dodge Charger is Finally Here

The Truth About Cars

Muscle cars are going electric. The Charger won't only be available in all-electric models. Here's how it breaks down: Select the Charger Daytona in either R/T or Scat Pack trim, and you get a battery-electric vehicle. Both cars will be all-wheel drive thanks to front and rear electric motors (250 kW each).

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Buyer’s Guide: Why EVs Are Great For Students

Clean Fleet Report

The good news is, electric vehicles (EVs) are trending among younger drivers, with more than 5.6 Plus, EVs already have a proven track record of being sustainable on the road with an average of 5,300 miles a year. The Prius Prime plugs in, but has a backup gas engine for longer trips. million EVs on the road worldwide.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

Charged EVs

The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck may be the first real mass-market electric vehicle sold in the US. Ford rolled out a full team of managers and executives who’d created its first electric pickup, but the truck itself was the focus for dozens of reporters, analysts and reviewers. The F-150 Lightning is good.

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Update: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV

Clean Fleet Report

We will write more detailed reviews, including impressions for on and off-road driving and towing, when we have had the chance to get behind the wheel this much anticipated all-electric pickup from Chevrolet. Developed from the ground-up as a fully electric truck. Dual electric motors. Driving Range: 400 miles.

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New BMW 3 Series includes a new 4-cylinder TwinPower Turbo, 8-speed automatic and start-stop; ActiveHybrid 3 model in 2012

Green Car Congress

A choice of four BMW TwinPower Turbo technology engines will be available for the new BMW 3 Series Sedan from launch, including two optimized diesel engines and, on the gasoline side, the familiar six-cylinder unit and a new-generation four-cylinder engine in the 328i offering substantially reduced fuel consumption and emissions.

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Mitsubishi shows XR-PHEV concept at LA Show

Green Car Congress

The powertrain features a front engine/front-wheel drive gasoline-powered 1.1-liter liter inline-3-cylinder turbocharged engine (134 hp/100 kW) paired with a compact electric motor (161 hp/121 kW) with a high-boost converter and a main drive lithium-ion battery pack with storage capacity of 14 kWh (located beneath the floor of the cabin).