Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2013
During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. XL1s ready to roll. Click to enlarge. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 Click to enlarge.
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 25, 2021
As a test, part of those miles were driven with the cruise control set at 65 mph where we averaged 44 mpg, and at 60 mph resulting in 51.4 Kia’s iVT is a continuously variable transmission with intelligence that adapts shifts for improved performance and fuel economy. It can be considered nimble and composed, but not sporty.
Clean Fleet Report
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
seconds from 50-70 mph. But in two 150-mile highway runs with the cruise control set at 65 mph and in the Eco or Normal drive mode, we averaged an impressive 38.9 Road Test: 2023 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 2.0T To differentiate them, the Golf has four doors and a hatchback while the Jetta and Arteon have four doors and a trunk.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 1, 2023
Our freeway fuel economy test loop of 210 miles, with the adaptive cruise control set to 65 mph, averaged a very impressive 55.8 Since this is not a plug-in hybrid, the Sonata Hybrid doesn’t have a dedicated EV mode. Smooth, Quiet and 50+ MPG. In a very short few years sedans have lost their favor with car shoppers. A little fin help.
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 18, 2021
With the majority of driving on freeways, traveling no faster than 75 mph, Clean Fleet Report averaged 47.7 Running on regular unleaded, we spent a week cruising Southern California and covered 470 miles. But in stop-and-go rush hour traffic, or in city driving where we were on-and-off the regenerative brakes, we averaged as much as 51.8
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 23, 2021
mpg combined, with a 90-mile all-freeway run, using the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, the average bumped up to 40.8 Honda has really done a nice job with the 2022 Civic as the drivability is wonderful. It is obvious Honda spent a considerable amount of time with the Civic in wind tunnel testing. Hitting the Road.
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 14, 2022
The Toyota Prius has come a long way since it debuted 22 years ago, as the second hybrid car to be sold in the United States (after the first generation Honda Insight). In a few unofficial runs, the Prius AWD we were driving, with dual motors and 196 horsepower and 139 pound-feet of torque, did 0-60 mph in about 7.0
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