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Nobody Knows if the BMW M5 Touring is Coming to America

The Truth About Cars

Some also noted that a camouflaged M5 Touring prototype had previously been spotted testing the roads in Los Angeles. Wagons haven’t been fashionable in North America since they were supplanted by the minivan in the 1980s. liter V8 in a plug-in hybrid format. kWh battery needs to be recharged.

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Tesla Model S 60, LAPD BMW i3, 2017 Chrysler Pacifica driven: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Tesla adds two new 60-kilowatt-hour Model S variants, the Los Angeles Police Department purchases 100 BMW i3 electric cars, and we drive the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan. The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid proves there is a market for compact crossovers with all-wheel drive and high fuel economy, but is it also.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

seconds MPG: 21 city/29 highway/24 combined Small displacement, but dual power R/T Plus – Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) 1.3-liter, Hybrid is the default mode to maximize efficiency and driving range. The negative was the exhaust note (when in hybrid mode), which was too loud and quickly became tiresome.

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Navigant forecasts annual plug-in electric vehicle sales in N America to exceed 1.1M by 2024

Green Car Congress

Navigant expects metro areas in California to show the largest PEV population growth, as the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego areas are all within the top 10 metro markets for PEV sales. Other ZEV Program participating states are expected to see similar growth.

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2010 Toyota Prius Plug-In Arrives Early Next Year, For Fleets Only

Green Car Reports

While Toyota's press conference today at the Los Angeles Auto Show covered the new 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan, a very special Prius hybrid on the show floor signaled the company's first tentative step into the world of plug-in vehicles. Toyota will deliver the first of 150 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrids early next year.

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

Green Cars News

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", No announced plans.

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