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New Toyota Highlander turbocharged engine offers more torque and fewer emissions

Green Car Congress

The 2023 Toyota Highlander gas models are equipped with a new, higher-torque, high-efficiency turbocharged engine. The new Highlander turbo models are equipped to tow up to 5,000-pounds and include Trailer Sway Control (TSC), which uses the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) to help control unwanted trailer movement. Highlander Hybrid.

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2024 Hyundai Kona Electric review: Is this the sweet spot between the BYD Atto 3 and Tesla Model Y?

EV Central

Finally, you can have the Kona Electric Premium, which is only available with the bigger battery — but you’ll have to pay for it, with the fanciest Kona listing at $68,000, or $4000 more than its equivalent predecessor (which was called the Highlander). What is powering the Hyundai Kona Electric and how fast can it charge?

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Electric School Buses: Are the Advantages Real?

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Advantages of electric buses include zero tailpipe emissions, the ability to store power in buses for emergency use, inexpensive electric re-fueling, and little or no regular maintenance. Manufacturer Thomas Built and Highland Fleets fleet services are among those helping school districts finance their own electric fleets.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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million vehicles, and we’re seeing about half of people use it so far. For a while there, we were training-constrained in our progress, and we are, at this point, no longer training-constrained, and so we’re making rapid progress. We’re making sure that we’re being efficient as possible in our training.

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Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer is teased for the first time: Could brand’s first-ever electric wagon tempt you out of a Tesla Model Y?

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Why the bonkers BYD Yangwang U9 electric hypercar has been locked out of Australia READ MORE: BYD Seal hunter: Here’s what we’ve learnt about the new ‘Project Highland’ Tesla Model 3 ahead of its Australian arrival READ MORE: Australia’s new electric vehicle king? If you’re wondering why there’s a difference, blame the ID.7

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Toyota broadly outlines next-generation Prius; developing wireless inductive charging for the plug-in model; bullish on hydrogen

Green Car Congress

Ogiso noted that the current Prius motors have four times the power density of the first model and that “ the next will be even higher.”. We have also heard from owners that they would like a more convenient charging operation. Batteries Deepwater Engines Fuel Cells Hybrids Hydrogen Smart charging' —Satoshi Ogiso.

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The United States plans to build charging piles in the wilderness

Setec Powerr

Unfortunately, you can’t drive an electric car, because there are almost no places to charge in public places. On Montana’s 147,000 square miles of land, the state’s latest count of charging points was just 57, most of which were concentrated in towns and cities rather than along highways. a charging company.