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Consumer Reports finds Honda Accord hybrid fuel economy “impressive”, but short of EPA 47 mpg rating

Green Car Congress

Consumer Reports fuel economy tests found the Honda Accord Hybrid delivered impressive overall fuel-economy of 40 mpg (5.88 l/100 km), tying the smaller Honda Civic Hybrid and falling below the top-performing and smaller Toyota Prius hatchback by only 4 mpg. Earlier post.). liter gasoline V6.

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2024 Hyundai Kona Review – Ready For New Challenges?

The Truth About Cars

Hyundai claims the new Kona was designed as an EV first, though the EV won’t be available right away at launch – it’s slated to bow late this fall. Kona is available with front-wheel or all-wheel drive, and the 2.0-liter USB-A ports are replaced by USB-C, and the available digital key now works with Apple Wallet.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG. That's great, but because most driving down Silicon Valley way is on the freeway for rather short distances, the plug-ins don’t do much all-electric driving and the MPG isn't approaching the much touted 100MPG.

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Ford showcases Transit line-up powered by new Ford EcoBlue diesel at Hannover; 6-speed auto, AWD and SYNC 3

Green Car Congress

Available now in the latest Transit and Transit Custom models, the 2.0-liter mpg US)—a 10 per cent reduction over the equivalent outgoing model. mpg US)—down 13% from the equivalent outgoing model. mpg US)—an 11% improvement compared with the outgoing model. liter engine. l/100 km (35.6

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