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2024 Lexus LBX Sports Luxury Review: The youth market luxury hybrid that’s missed it’s calling

EV Central

litre triple-cylinder petrol engine mated with an electronic CVT aided by an e-motor and Nickel-Metal Hydride battery (intriguingly, the Yaris Cross uses li-ion) for a total combined output of 100kW (torque unstated). Speaking of which, performance that is, all LBX models comes with a 1.5-litre

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Petrol and diesel vehicles both use internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. People wont buy a full car.

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