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DOE: Smaller SUVs are better for the environment, EVs and PHEVs better yet

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Battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles already produce lower overall emissions than the average gasoline small SUV, and have a pathway to further reducing emissions, according to a recent Department of Energy report.

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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The hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) and the plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle (PHEV) share costs with both the ICEV and the EV but save money on brake maintenance. LCOD across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY2025. Per-mile maintenance costs by powertrain. Service intervals that vary by powertrain) Burnham et al. Burnham et al.

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News: 2025 Toyota Crown SUV

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News: 2025 Toyota Crown SUV The Crown Lifted-Sedan Gets a Stablemate The Crown SUV roofline When Toyota introduced the 2023 Crown, we were curious why the company would reintroduce the Crown name with a sedan in a market dominated by SUVs. The post News: 2025 Toyota Crown SUV first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Safest EVs, VW ID.4 update, Honda fuel-cell PHEV, Fiat’s EV future: The Week in Reverse

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This time it’s different, though: The 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV has a charge port, so drivers can charge up the battery pack for 29 battery-electric miles, followed by what Honda anticipates as about 241 miles of hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion. Does liquid hydrogen have the potential to make fuel-cell long-haul trucks more viable versus EVs ?

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Major companies with large fleets release new EV roadmap for car & truck manufacturers

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The recommendations are based upon a new Ceres analysis of the aggregate results of an internal Alliance survey, which found that the Alliance members who participated in the survey collectively plan to procure 333,000 electric vehicles including sedans SUVs, pickups and box trucks. LDV ZEV Preferences by Vehicle Type. Source: Ceres.

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Argonne releases new cradle-to-grave lifecycle analysis of US LDV vehicle-fuel pathways

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C2G GHG emissions of various vehicle-fuel pathways for small SUVs assuming high technology progress. Lifetime cost versus GHG emissions by vehicle-fuel pathway for the Future Technology case for small SUVs (2020$). It is hard to overstate the importance of the improvements in battery costs on this analysis.

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Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA) Chrysler Brand will launch two plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) over the next several years, said Al Gardner, President and CEO of the Chrysler Brand, during the FCA Investor Day presentations at Auburn Hills, Mi. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. —Bob Lee.

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