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Jeep confirms Gladiator 4xe PHEV pickup, mulls Recon hybrid

Baua Electric

The Jeep Gladiator pickup truck will get a 4xe plug-in hybrid variant, while the upcoming Recon SUV could get a hybrid powertrain alongside the previously discussed all-electric option. The Gladiator 4xe will be the third plug-in hybrid in Jeep’s U.S. alongside the Wagoneer S EV that’s due to go on sale this fall.

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How to Maximize Benefits of PHEVs In Fleets

Green Fleet Magazine

Plug-in hybrid vehicles can reduce fleets’ carbon emissions as well as range anxiety. This analysis shows the positive impacts of proper PHEV use, and the negative environmental and financial consequences if your drivers aren’t plugging them in.

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2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid powertrain named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines List

Green Car Congress

The powertrain of the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) was named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines list. This is the first time that a plug-in hybrid powertrain has made the list. —Drew Winter, editor-in-chief, WardsAuto World magazine. The vehicle is powered by Hyundai’s 2.0-liter

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Volkswagen Group receives 2015 KS Energy and Environment Prize for the Golf GTE and Audi A3 e-tron PHEVs

Green Car Congress

(KS) awarded the 2015 Energy and Environment Prize to the Volkswagen Group for the plug-in hybrids Golf GTE ( earlier post ) and Audi A3 e-tron ( earlier post). Despite strong competition, the awards committee was unanimous in its choice of the plug-in hybrids from Volkswagen. The organization Kraftfahrerschutz e.V., kWh per 100 km.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ PHEVLERs Provide Value to the Drivers.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. Plug-in planned from Day One.

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

EV Info

A recent report printed by the Norwegian Automobile Federation’s magazine, Motor , the downward trend in sales for ICE cars has been so consistent and steep that the last new ICE car to be sold in Norway could happen just seven months from now, in April 2022. Norway made that plan back in 2016. Cliff edge. WHERE IS THE BOTTOM?

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