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2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid minivan adds mpg but not AWD in refresh

Green Car Reports

Kia on Thursday added a hybrid version of its Carnival minivan, as part of a mid-cycle revamp that brings technology upgrades and somewhat more SUV-inspired styling. The 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid will be powered by a 1.6-liter

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Carnival SX

Clean Fleet Report

Goodbye To the Minivan. Kia is out of the minivan business and is shaking up things with the all-new 2022 Carnival. The Korean car company will remind you it is not a minivan but an MPV or Multi-Purpose Vehicle. With those words it hopes to remove the stigma of people saying “I will never own a minivan.”.

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EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

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mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. mpg, which is 0.5 mpg higher than MY 2012. mpg, respectively.

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Ferrari wins Le Mans, Alfa Romeo confirms first EV: Lately’s Automobile Information

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Lucid and Fisker are each getting ready to promote cars in China The post Ferrari wins Le Mans, Alfa Romeo confirms first EV: Lately’s Automobile Information appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Chrysler calls it a “multipurpose vehicle,” but we will stick with modern minivan. mpg, with a breakdown of 174 all-electric and 290 hybrid miles. The only minivan with a plug. If Chrysler had their way, you will see it more as a multi-purpose vehicle than a minivan. How It Works. What’s going on under the skin.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid in 2017, it was the only electrified minivan on the market. But the landscape has changed since 2017 as the 2021 Toyota Sienna minivan is now a hybrid. Ready to ride.

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2011 edition of EPA Fuel Economy Trends report shows several advanced powertrain technologies making significant gains

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mpg (3%) higher. mpg higher than in MY 2009. Most small, 2 wheel drive SUVs from MY 1975-2011 have been reclassified from trucks to cars; this lowers the absolute truck share, particularly since the mid-1980s when SUV sales began to increase rapidly. MY 2010 adjusted composite fuel economy was 22.6