The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Fellow TTAC author Chris Tonn noted that differing maintenance routines could have played a factor, using brakes as an example. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next. It makes sense from an engineering perspective. But it also left your author wondering why standard hybrids weren’t seeing the same number of problems.

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Automobile Toyota Hybrid Kia 111

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2020

Odometer readings came from multiple sources, including title transfers, yearly inspections and routine maintenance service. By that method, nine of the 20 models with the lowest death rates are luxury SUVs, two more are midsize luxury cars, and four others are minivans or very large SUVs.

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Cars 2017 2015 2014 207

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

In addition, two minivans were subjected to coastdowns to examine the similarity in derived coefficients for two duplicate vehicles of the same model. There is fuel economy information and advice available for vehicle maintenance and carrying loads that is quite good, but very little published data to back it up.

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Fuel Economy Economy Cost Of Fuel 313

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 18, 2022

They are not science experiments or beta testing projects (with some exceptions that we won’t go into), but functional vehicles that work at whatever task is thrown their way–from hauling people (still waiting on a full electric minivan, Chrysler) to lighting up your house in a power outage (thank you, Ford Lightning ).

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Sale Nissan Hummer GMC 92

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 5, 2023

Maintenance – Two years/25,000 miles. If you are ready to scrap the minivan and SUV, get down to your local Subaru dealer and tell the sales representative you need to take a long, winding test drive. Premium – $28,955. Limited – $33,255. Basic – Three years/36,000 miles. Just drive.

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MPG Clean Cleaning Miles 85

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

He shared research that “ People assume a quieter minivan is a safer minivan. We’re not sure how much maintenance cost you are going to incur and quite frankly you many need to replace the battery pack after 3-4 years and it may cost between $3,000-$5,000. How do you make a vehicle more quiet?

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Market Green Prius Re-Charge 170

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 17, 2021

The 2021 Sonata Hybrid comes with these warranties: Hybrid Systems – 10 years/100,000 miles Powertrain – 10 years/100,000 miles New Vehicle – Five years/60,000 miles Complimentary Maintenance – Three years/36,000 miles Roadside Assistance – Five years/Unlimited miles Anti-perforation – Seven years/Unlimited miles.

Hyundai 72

Hyundai Hybrid Fuel Economy MPG 72

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 11, 2022

Maintenance – Three years for three, no-cost oil changes and tire rotations. Clean Fleet Report reviews cars, crossovers, SUVs, trucks and minivans of all types; getting to know them by putting them through everyday driving as their designers planned. The 2021 Wrangler 4xe comes with these warranties: Basic – Three years/36,000 miles.

Jeep 78

Jeep Plug-in Gasoline-Electric PHEV 78

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2017

The research group forecasts that the cost of TaaS will be driven down by several factors, including utilization rates that are 10 times higher; electric vehicle lifetimes exceeding 500,000 miles; and far lower maintenance, energy, finance and insurance costs.

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Davis Climate Change Transportation Miles 170

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

by the IDBuzz minivan. Scheduled Maintenance – Two years/20,000 miles. Additional safety systems include a tire pressure monitoring system, automatic high-beam control, rear parking distance control sensors with park assist, power folding and heated outside mirrors and rain sensing windshield wipers with heated washer nozzles.

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All-Electric Miles SUV Charging 72

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Felix and I might differ on that -- Felix and I were talking the other day -- but we dont expect the battery and the battery maintenance to be part of the ownership cost of your car. But most importantly, he insisted, "We need to give you all the batteries that you would expect to get in a car, thats 100,000 or 150,000 miles.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45