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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: electric Microbus finally arrives

Charged EVs

VW stays strictly away from the word minivan, saying only 3 percent of hand-raisers for the Buzz are minivan owners. This led VW to a comparison slide showing a truly remarkable array of vehicles: Chevrolet Suburban, Chrysler Pacifica (plug-in) Hybrid, Kia EV9 (an EV), Rivian R1S (an EV), Toyota Sienna, and its own VW Atlas.

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Lucid Gravity Smokes Porsche And Lamborghini In The Quarter Mile

InsideEVs

And next time you show up to the drag strip, if a minivan from the future pulls up next to you, youre about to get got. The comparison further proves something we already knew: If your mission is to go as quick as possible in a straight line, its electric or bust.

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Minivans shift to hybrid, except Honda Odyssey

Green Car Reports

The redesigned Kia Carnival has a hybrid option with an expected 36 mpg range Standard as a hybrid, the Toyota Sienna gets 36 mpg or 35 mpg with all-wheel drive The Chrysler Pacifica is the only plug-in hybrid minivan, with a 32-mile electric range. The number of minivans on sale in the U.S.

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Plug-in minivan, used VW TDI diesel prices, Kia Optima Hybrid drive, EPA testing: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we have good news on electric-car buyers, a grim EPA budget, an apparently failed new battery, and production of the first plug-in hybrid minivan to hit the market. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Four out of 10 drivers globally would consider buying an electric car today, but the numbers vary a lot by country.

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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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Flash Drive: 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Goodbye to the Minivan: Hello to the MPV For all those “I will never own a minivan” people, Kia wants them to take a look at the 2025 Carnival MPV (multi-purpose vehicle). A big one–minivan or MPV ? Drivetrain A new hybrid powertrain Clean Fleet Report drove the 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid SX Prestige with a 1.6-liter

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Kia Debuts Refreshed Sorento In South Korea

The Truth About Cars

As it did with the Carnival minivan, Kia mimicked the Telluride’s muscular lines with the updated styling, though changes focus mostly on the front end. In Kia’s typical fashion, the interior looks more upscale than the SUV’s likely price tag affords. & [Image: Kia] Become a& TTAC insider. inch screens.