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Toyota Prius AWD-e earns 50 mpg with all-weather treads

Green Car Reports

If you want one of the highest-mileage non-plug-in vehicles on the market—like the Toyota Prius, Hyundai Ioniq, Kia Niro, or Honda Insight, there’s been one quite significant deal-breaker for many Snow Belt families: All-wheel drive simply isn’t a possibility.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

That honor went to the $3,990 Yugo GV, followed by the tied-for-second-place $4,995 Hyundai Excel 3-door hatchback and $4,995 Chevrolet Chevette (yes, new Chevettes were available that late). Driving a Sprint ER from Los Angeles to New York with three passengers sounds like a nightmare. Crushes the Hyundai Excel.

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Fuel cells to get fresh push

Green Cars News

With the green car world focusing on a renewed push for electric cars and new hybrid car concepts such as the latest Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, fuel cells are in danger of becoming the forgotten figures of the environmental world. The vehicles received rave reviews.