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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Google Guys Th!nk The founders of Google have made personal investments in Tesla as befits dotcom billionaires, and they're converting Priuses to plug-in hybrids for the company fleet with battery maker A123. A number of websites ( webpronews.com , pandia.com ) are reporting that Google may be getting more involved with Th!nk

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Road Test: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Reserve 4xe PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

The system, with a total of 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, is EPA city and highway combined rated at 23 mpg with the gasoline engine only. If you don’t plug-in whenever possible, the fuel economy will be in the low 20s mpg. mpg with 20.5 Over 259 miles driving Southern California freeways we averaged 25.6

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Road Test: 2021 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4xe

Clean Fleet Report

He added that the Wrangler PHEV has been embraced by Jeep’s enthusiasts, pulling one-fourth of the model’s sales and even outselling the Toyota Prius for the first quarter of 2021, taking the title for that time as the best-selling plug-in hybrid in the U.S. Pinos in the Los Padres National Forest, we averaged 20.1

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EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Jerry patiently explained the workings of the plug hybrid Prius to all of us who had never seen one before. Truly a technological marvel, getting 100+ MPG. We were also intrigued with the realtime Google map of Spirit's current location, a thing I hope to have someday for my almost teenage daughter.

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First drive: US spec Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid; 83-86 MPGe with 16-17 mile EV range

Green Car Congress

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range. Driver Assistance.

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Hyundai’s 2019 IONIQ electrified line-up adds active safety features, voice recognition, remote charge management

Green Car Congress

The Ioniq Hybrid Blue model has an estimated 58 mpg (4.05 The Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid provides an estimated all-electric range of 29 miles, 119 MPGe in EV mode and 52 mpg (4.52 cubic feet (more than Toyota Prius). Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Keep Assist and Smart Cruise Control added to SEL trim level. Powertrains.

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Blazer EV pause, Mercedes EV updates, affordable EVs, clean hydrogen rules: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

GM emphasizes that these are not safety-related issues and not related to its Ultium EV propulsion suite or Google built-in. But with a slow onboard charger, no significant boost in performance over the hybrid, and signs that Toyota sees this as a niche model, is the Prius Prime prime enough?