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Drive Notes: 2024 Nissan Versa SR

The Truth About Cars

On a MPG basis, fuel economy is excellent. I wished for more info from the gauge cluster. While the MPG numbers are great, the range stunk, presumably due to a small fuel tank. These are popular features and it's nice to not give them up even at this price point. The car handles better than one would expect. Thank you, Nissan.

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Toyota introduces new LPG hybrid taxi in Japan; trial of lane-specific congestion info from taxi data

Green Car Congress

mpg US, 5.51 Toyota Motor Corporation has introduced a new taxi vehicle for Japan, the “JPN Taxi.” Equipped with a newly developed liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) hybrid system, the new model offers 19.4 l/100 km) fuel economy and sharply reduced CO 2 emissions.

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2025 Camry hybrid review, Highlander EV, Prius recall: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

Available all-wheel drive, its ratings of up to 51 mpg combined, and a comfortable, spacious interior make it one of the most appealing Camry sedans yet. In a first drive of the 2025 Toyota Camry hybrid , we found that the hybrid system blends into the background—just like the rest of the car, which has now appropriately gone all-hybrid.

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Electric-car cash, Tesla Model 3 videos, future MPG rules, why battery startups fail: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we've got more info on two Teslas, a look at China's electric-car battery plans plus a study on why battery startups fail, and survey results on what may happen to future fuel-economy rules. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, as always, we ran down last week's important green-car news stories.

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Volkswagen introduces the Sport Coupé Concept GTE PHEV at Geneva; 118 mpg US

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l/100 km (118 mpg US), or 46 g CO 2 /km. Despite this dynamic performance, the concept car has an EC combined fuel consumption of 118 mpg US. The instrument cluster is a prototype of a newly conceptualized Active Info Display with 3D graphics. Equipped with a V6 TSI engine, two electric motors and externally chargeable 10.7

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BMW unveils production i8 plug-in hybrid; 94 mpg; on sale in US in 2014 priced from $135,925

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liters per 100 km / 94 mpg (US) along with an AWD driving experience with torque distribution geared towards optimized dynamics. The combination of a new 3-cylinder, 1.5-liter liter BMW TwinPower Turbo engine and BMW eDrive technology plus intelligent energy management produces system output of 266 kW/362 hp (max.

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BMW M introduces its first high-performance car with electrified drive system: BMW XM PHEV

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l/100 km [147 – 157 mpg US] in the WLTP cycle; combined electric power consumption of 30.1 – 28.9 Standard specification includes the Driving Assistant, which comprises Front Collision Warning, Lane Departure Warning including lane return with steering assistance, the Evasion Assistant, Alertness Assistant and Speed Limit Info system.

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