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Review: 2024 Ford F-150 Hybrid smooths out

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Based on how well the Hybrid now drives, hauls, and generates its way to higher mpg, it probably should have been the headline all along. kwh lithium-ion battery pack that juiced a 35-kw (47-hp) electric motor sandwiched in the 10-speed automatic transmission. mpg over the course of 686 miles while going over 70 mph.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid 40+ MPG Small SUV Starting Under $30,000 Another notch in Toyota’s hybrid belt The Toyota Corolla is one of the best-selling vehicles in the world and Toyota is the largest seller of hybrid vehicles in the world. If interested in towing a light trailer, the maximum weight is 1,500 pounds.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

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The 1987 Sprint ER came in second place, due to its insatiable thirst for go-go juice on the highway (51 miles per gallon). It also had an upshift light (located in the lower right corner of the cluster) to remind drivers that fuel economy was more important than brisk acceleration.

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2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Rubicon Review – Charged-Up Jeep

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In addition to the Rubicon items, that price included trailer-sway damping, Uconnect infotainment with navigation, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Wi-Fi hot spot, satellite radio, 4 USB ports, LED lighting, and air conditioning. Your combined MPGe is 49, and your gas-only combined MPG is 20. You don’t need the 4xe.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

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The engine shuts off when you’re at a traffic light to save fuel. Fuel economy for the Recharge is 55 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) when you use electricity and gasoline and drops to 27 mpg when you don’t charge up the battery. I averaged 25 mpg over 364 miles of mostly freeway driving. Moving towards more juice.

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

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The X-Pro Sportage is for “light” off-roading while the hybrid is for urban and suburban commuters, and it’s well-suited to that role. The juice is supplied by a 1.49 That said, the Sportage Hybrid is fun-to-drive, fuel-efficient (38 mpg combined -- though I was seeing lower numbers. kWh lithium-ion battery.

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New EV Prototype Leaves Range Anxiety in the Dust

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The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX, and its showroom-bound tech, looks to banish range anxiety for good: In April, the sleek prototype sedan completed a 621-mile (1,000-kilometer) trek through the Alps from Mercedes’ Sindelfingen facility to the Côte d'Azur in Cassis, France with battery juice to spare.

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