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2025 Lexus UX 300h AWD hybrid earns 42 mpg, starts around $40,000

Baua Electric

The UX 300h AWD now gets 42 mpg, up from 39 mpg, and the UX 300h in front-wheel-drive form gets 43 mpg, up 1 mpg. In recent years, Lexus has been positioned to be more bullish on future EVs than Toyota, and the company has tipped Green Car Reports that an 800-volt EV architecture is all set for some future models.

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Chevy Volt hits 100,000 mark in US sales; almost 1.5B all-electric miles

Green Car Congress

Chevrolet has sold 100,000 Volts in the US since the plug-in’s introduction. Since sales of the Chevrolet Volt began, owners have driven almost 1.5 mpg, Volt drivers have saved nearly 58 million gallons of fuel. Steve Majoros, director of marketing, Chevrolet Cars and Crossovers. billion cumulative miles.

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2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid to start at $28,645; 47 mpg combined

Green Car Congress

With an all-new, hybrid powertrain that uses a slightly modified drive unit and electric motors used in the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, the Malibu Hybrid offers a GM-estimated 48 mpg city, 45 mpg highway, and 47 mpg combined (4.9, The Malibu leverages knowledge and technology directly from the second-generation Chevrolet Volt.

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Audi offering 12V mild hybrid versions of new A4; 48V MHEV for S4 TDI diesel

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US mpg); combined CO 2 emissions 166 – 163 g/km (267.2 – 262.3 g/mi), with a diesel V6 TDI under the hood for the first time, a 48-volt main electrical system and an electric powered compressor (EPC). US mpg); combined CO 2 emissions 138 – 125 g/km (222.1 - 201.2 US mpg); combined CO 2 emissions 166 – 163 g/km (267.2 – 262.3

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Remember the 2011 Chevrolet Volt's 230-MPG Claim? Forget It.

Green Car Reports

Almost a year ago, General Motors launched a little marketing campaign connecting its 2011 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car to the figure "230 mpg."

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Four engine variants of updated Audi A5 to be equipped with 12V and 48V mild hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

At market introduction, four A5 engine variants will be equipped with a mild hybrid system (MHEV). With the four-cylinder engines, the MHEV system is integrated into the 12-volt electrical system and into a new 48-volt main electrical system in the S TDI models. US mpg) and combined CO 2 emissions of 162–160 g/km (260.7–257.5

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Even A 3000-MPG Chevy Volt Has To Turn On The Engine Sometimes

Green Car Reports

As Chevrolet very often point outs in marketing its 2011 Volt extended-range electric car, more than 70 percent of U.S. That means that if you recharge a Volt every night, and cover less than that distance daily, your car might never, ever need to switch on its range-extending gasoline engine to generate.

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