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Volvo PHEV range boost, Sono Sion update, Hummer EV backstory: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Volvo boosts the electric range of its plug-in hybrids. GM provides backstory on its warp-speed Hummer EV project. The whole suite of Volvo plug-in hybrids are due to get a range boost—now up to 41 electric miles—with a larger 18.8-kwh And Sono Motors says its solar car is on pace. kwh battery.

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Building a BEV is Not a License to Use Resources Inefficiently

EV Adoption

And so to reduce GHGs as quickly as possible, this means we need those vehicle buyers to choose as their next “vehicle” purchase an alternative vehicle type or powertrain that meets their needs, budget, and use cases — including regular hybrids, PHEVs, getting rid of a car, e-bikes, mass transit, NEVs, etc. Chevrolet Malibu Hybrids (1.5

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Raser Technologies and Hyundai Heavy Industries To Collaborate on Development of Renewable Energy and Extended Range Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Raser first unveiled its Extended Range Series Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) drive system, developed with FEV, at the 2008 SAE World Congress in Detroit. At the 2009 SAE World Congress, Raser and FEV showcased a HUMMER H3 converted with the EREV powertrain. A 100 kW Rase Symetron generator, driven by a GM Ecotec 2.0L

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. GM is bringing back the Hummer brand as an EV within the GMC brand. The Toyota Prius, a battery-gasoline hybrid, is a very famous and recognizable example of this approach.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

A disappointing compliance car, the Ford Focus EV, languished while plug-in hybrid versions of the midsize Fusion and small crossover C-Max sold relatively well, until Ford came up with a real plan. Chevrolet Bolt/Bolt EUV – Waiting for more GM EVs. The electric “Mustang” is already making an impression with consumers.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards. No surprises there are promises of big performance for a PHEV due late in 2022 or early 2023.

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Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

The Truth About Cars

A brief moment in EV history passed us by about a decade ago, when the little-known VIA Motors introduced their lineup of VTRUX hybrid-electric vehicles. Enter newly retired GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. Lutz brought with him other investors, as well as executives and engineers from GM. Let’s learn about the world of VTRUX.