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2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid EX Review – Urban Crossover, Right Price

The Truth About Cars

You might remember that when yours truly flew to California last year to drive the 2023 Kia Sportage, I didn’t get to spend more than five minutes in the hybrid version. The juice is supplied by a 1.49 The Kia delivers here, too, thanks to a comfy cabin that blends functionality and design nicely. kWh lithium-ion battery.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

When it’s time to stop, the Strike can absorb Level 3 juice at up to 120 kilowatts. Yet the bike still slurps juice nearly four times faster than the Harley’s 3.3-kilowatt The standard Strike has up to 132 kilowatts (180 horsepower) and an electric motor that peaks around 7,500 rpm.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 Review – Whatever It Is, It’s Good

The Truth About Cars

Juice is supplied via 77.4 Meanwhile, the similar Kia EV6 manages to take the same overall shape and use angles much better – the Kia is sexier. It certainly didn’t hurt that my Limited-trim all-wheel drive tester came with the most-powerful available setup. kWh lithium-ion battery. That gives the Ioniq5 a bit of gusto.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Clean Fleet Report

When the all-electric Kia Niro was introduced in 2019 it followed the 2017 Niro hybrid and then the 2018 Niro plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all three versions, as well as Kia’s eco-friendly philosophy that this year saw the debut of the all-new, all-electric EV6. Juicing up.

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Audi RS e-tron GT review: Driving the most powerful production Audi ever

EV Central

It might sound sacrilegious, but you can add the stunning Kia EV6 GT to this list. Apart from the standard Audi design and content, the touchscreen adds unique e-tron sub menus for charging, including advice on level, timing, limits and pre-conditioning. The max standard AC charging rate is 11kW but that can be uprated to 22kW.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Although the Inscription arrives with 20-inch alloys standard, my tester wore stunning 21-inchers for an extra $800. The EPA’s green scores on the standard 0-10 scale, where 10 is best, include a 7 for Smog, 7 for MPG the Fuel Economy score and a 9 for CO 2 on Greenhouse Gas score. Moving towards more juice.

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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

EV Central

Electric cars the compact Born is priced close to include the Polestar 2 (from $63,900), Tesla Model 3 (from $65,500), Hyundai Ioniq 5 ($69,900) and Kia Niro (from $64,450). Key Born standard equipment includes 19-inch alloys and ‘efficiency’ rubber (there is no spare tyre), keyless entry, a 12-inch infotainment touchscreen, a 5.3-inch