Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The non-hybrid 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco delivers an EPA-estimated 42 mpg on the highway (manual transmission models), with city fuel economy of 28 mpg. Aerodynamic improvements over non-Eco manual-transmission models contributed approximately six mpg to the Cruze’s EPA-estimated 42 mpg highway fuel economy.

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MPG EPA Chevrolet Altima Hybrid 247

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

For MY 2010, the Prius is the top fuel economy leader , with EPA ratings of 51/48 mpg city/highway. The estimate is calculated based on the vehicle’s miles per gallon (mpg) rating and national estimates for annual mileage and fuel prices. Each vehicle listing in the Fuel Economy Guide provides an estimated annual fuel cost.

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Fuel Economy 2010 Economy EPA 150

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. You could get a manual transmission in the regular Vue , but the Green Line was slushbox-only.

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VUE Saturn 2007 Green 104

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

There is more to Dan Neil's recent LA Times column than a favorable review of yet another gasoline-only hybrid. He likes the Nissan Altima Hybrid well enough. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans." More important, Neil says, is that it comes from an automaker that had scoffed at "hybridization."

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Gasoline-Electric Altima Hybrid Lithium Ion Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly sales of hybrids. Nissan sold 1,030 units of the Altima hybrid, up 44.1% Total Altima sales were down 21.2% Click to enlarge. General Motors. GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4% decline year-on-year by volume. Retail sales were down 9% while fleet sales declined 47%. to 20,448 units.

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Cash For Clunkers Sale Hybrid Dodge 150

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

GM got serious about its hybrid game for the 2007 model year, when the Saturn Vue Green Line hit showrooms. In recent years, I've been making an effort to find discarded examples of early hybrid efforts that have faded from our memories.

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Malibu Hybrid 2009 Chevrolet Hybrid 62