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2017 Toyota Prius Prime, Chrysler electric minivan, Porsche 'defeat device': Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we review the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid, Chrysler reportedly plans to unveil a new electric car at CES, and Porsche may have used an illegal emissions-cheating "defeat device" in its gasoline cars Missed last week's news? Chrysler will reveal a new electric car at CES in January.

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2024 Aston Martin DB12, 2025 Tiny Cooper S: Automotive Information Headlines

Baua Electric

Tiny has already proven us its redesigned Cooper in electrical guise, however the gasoline style continues to be out trying out and used to be just lately noticed in sporty Cooper S guise. You’ll in finding those tales and extra in nowadays’s vehicle information, proper right here at Motor Authority.

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2022 Los Angeles Auto Show Review

Clean Fleet Report

Most of the vehicles debuting at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show were powered by some sort of electricity. Not all were, of course, as there is still plenty of interest around gasoline-propelled cars, SUVs and trucks. A stunning electric drop-top. liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine that now pumps-out 195 horsepower.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

Consumer Reports has concluded its annual car reliability survey and the resulting data for 2023 has not been kind to all-electric vehicles. However, standard hybrids actually outperformed every other group with 26 percent fewer problems than vehicles wholly reliant on gasoline.

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7 Common Hybrid Myths and Misconceptions Debunked

Clean Fleet Report

The prototypical hybrid–the Toyota Prius. Hybrid technology dates back to the early days of the automobile, pioneered by Porsche. While electric cars do have to be plugged in (and plug-in hybrids can be), this is not the case for standard gas-electric hybrids. Flash Drive: 2019 Toyota Prius Hybrid.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Electric Auto Association Silicon Valley (EAASV), established in 1967 as the original Electric Auto (now Vehicle) Association, has a long history of attracting members and presenting speakers who have gone on to become tech and transportation luminaries. He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

Cars That Think

That frugal operation is boosted by a 924-volt architecture (versus 400 volts for Tesla, and 800 for Porsche's Taycan) whose benefits include restoring up to 300 miles of range in 20 minutes on a 350-kilowatt DC fast charger. The result is class-best mileage of 131 mpge, or the electric equivalent of one gallon of gasoline.

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