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Road Test: 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 Duramax 4WD Crew Cab AT4 CarbonPro

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The 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 Duramax 4WD Crew Cab AT4 CarbonPro showed-up in my driveway and the neighbors took notice. recently drove the 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD Crew Cab AT4, powered by a 3.0-liter Weighing in at 5,640 pounds, the Sierra 1500 AT4 has a maximum payload of 1,810 pounds and can tow 8,800 pounds. Brains and brawn.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. liter engine and automatic).

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Road Test: 2022 Jaguar F-Pace R-Dynamic S Mild Hybrid

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The 2022 Jaguar F-Pace is the largest of the SUVs offered from the storied British car company, joining the smaller E-Pace and the all-electric I-Pace. liter 6-cylinder turbocharged and supercharged mild hybrid engines, the first with 335 hp and the other with 395 hp. There is no plug on the F-Pace to recharge the mild hybrid system.

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GMC Hummer EV joins gas-guzzlers in list of meanest for the environment

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The 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV was ranked ninth on the list , between the GMC Sierra pickup truck and Mercedes-Benz G550 SUV. Estimated annual cost, based on 15,000 miles of driving, is $1,746, compared to $4,242 for the Mercedes-AMG G63, was ranked as the “meanest” 2024-model-year vehicle for the environment overall.

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GM's Lutz Talks Up Volt at NPR Game Show; Sierra Club's Dan Becker Welcomes "Epiphany"

Plugs and Cars

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz took his promotion for the serial plug-in hybrid Volt to an NPR game show, "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me." When I spoke with him about Ford's confiscation of my all-electric, zero-petroleum, zero-carbon Th!nk His comments drew a huge round of applause from the NPR audience at the Michigan Theater here.

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Flash Drive: 2022 Toyota Tundra

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All-New Including a Hybrid Option. Clean Fleet Report is a big fan of adding a hybrid option to any existing vehicle as a step towards full electrification. With choices of gasoline or a gasoline-electric (hybrid) engine, rear-wheel (RWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD), the 2022 Tundra gives buyers multiple options of power and fuel economy.

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Plug-in Hybrid Study: Electricity Better

Plugs and Cars

Simply put, the study found what advocates of electric transportation have long held to be true: as regards greenhouse gases and pollution generally speaking, the worst electricity is still better than petroleum. The use of electricity is an important attribute of PHEVs. I truly hope we have turned a corner.

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