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VW's last engines, Toyota batteries, Ford names: Today's Car News

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Ford trademarks two possible names that could go on its upcoming electric SUV. Toyota explains why it still uses nickel-metal hydride batteries. VW announced that it is now designing the last combustion engines it will sell. All this and.

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Lexus prices new three-row RX 450hL hybrid starting at $50,620

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Lexus is pricing the new 2018 RX 450hL three-row hybrid SUV—announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2017—with a starting Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $50,620—$1,550 more than its gasoline-engined RX 350L AWD three-rowed sibling. The RX 450hL is set to go on sale at dealers in April.

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Toyota to introduce 10 new electrified vehicles in China by 2020; PHEV Corolla and Levin unveiled at Beijing Motor Show

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Toyota Motor plans to introduce to the Chinese market plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) versions of its Corolla and Levin passenger cars in 2019 and a battery electric vehicle (BEV) model based on its C-HR / IZOA compact SUV in 2020. (To To be sold in China as a C-HR by GAC Toyota Motor Co., and as an IZOA by FAW Toyota Motor Sales Co.,

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2019 Prius offered with new electric all-wheel drive system

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The AWD-e models use a newly developed compact Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) battery that is designed to provide excellent performance in cold-weather conditions. That’s more than in some small SUVs and larger than most full-size sedans. The Prius AWD-e models offer the same 65.5

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Subaru introduces XV Crosstrek Hybrid, its first production hybrid

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kW nickel-metal hydride battery is located under a revised rear floor area, and the engine uses an integrated starter/generator for the automatic start/stop feature. inches of ground clearance is the same as for the gas model and is higher than for some dedicated SUVs, while providing a low step-in height. A 100V, 13.5

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Signs of the Apocalypse: Toyota Planning Prius SUV?

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The new vehicle will fall into the SUV or station wagon class and will utilize lithium-ion batteries as opposed to the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) packs found in the current Prius and most other.

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Sanyo To Supply NiMH Batteries to Peugeot

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has signed an agreement with PSA Peugeot Citroen to supply nickel-metal hydride batteries for diesel-electric hybrids. The French auto company will use the batteries in the 2011 Peugeot 3008 SUV. The Nikkei is reporting that Sanyo Electric Co.