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Honda Prologue review, GM PHEV pickups, vibrating EV muscle car: Today’s Car News

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GM may soon have Chevy and GMC plug-in hybrid pickups. And the Honda Prologue remixes GM’s Ultium into its own gateway EV. In a first drive of the 2024 Honda Prologue EV, we found that this roomy, refined, and feature-packed electric. Dodge considers EVs that have much more than a V-8 soundtrack.

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2024 Honda Civic Hybrid due as sedan and hatchback, but no PHEV

Green Car Reports

Honda has confirmed that hybrid versions of its Civic compact car family will be arriving in the U.S. Civic Hybrid, which was confirmed with the discontinuation of the Insight hybrid sedan back in April, but. As part of a business update focusing on the U.S.,

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Honda Prologue EV details, Tesla Semi and Megachargers, PHEVs vs. hybrids: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Plug-in hybrids aren’t the dollars-and-cents no-brainer vs. hybrids anymore, due to the revamped EV tax credit. Honda provides a closer look at its upcoming electric SUV. And will Tesla Megachargers be popping up everywhere now that the Semi is being delivered? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Honda to extend application of i-MMD two-motor hybrid system across lineup

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In a briefing in Tokyo last week, Honda Motor outlined its direction of technology development toward its 2030 Vision. The Honda-developed electric motors use magnets containing no heavy rare-earth metals. The Honda-developed electric motors use magnets containing no heavy rare-earth metals. Layout of motor and generator.

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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

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California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it the first US state to achieve this milestone. 379,125 PHEV (36% ). 11,956 FCEV (1.1%).

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Hybrid vs PHEV vs EV | Types of EVs Explained

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For example, what is a hybrid vehicle, PHEV, or EV, and what are the differences between them and their advantages and disadvantages? Hybrid Vehicles. Hybrid vehicles can switch automatically between the two drive systems or leave them running together. PHEV – Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

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EV models outnumber PHEV choices for the first time since 2014

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Plug-in hybrid tech continues to be something that neither automakers nor regulators can completely agree on. Some, like Toyota, Volvo, BMW, and others see them as a smart, effective bridge technology to EVs while others, including GM and Honda see them, at least for now in the U.S., as an unnecessary complication in the shift to EVs.

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