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Tech: Don’t Believe These 5 Plug-In Hybrid Myths!

Clean Fleet Report

Diffusing Disinformation on PHEVs. The rise of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have fans professing its technological wonders, while looking down at plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). While BEVs use a battery-powered motor to power the vehicle, PHEVs have both a battery/electric motor and a gas engine to power them.

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Mazda’s Electric MX-30 Being Pulled From the U.S. Market

The Truth About Cars

While the small crossover will live on in other parts of the world with a rotary range extender, mimicking what BMW did with the i3 with some Mazda-specific flair, the company’s first all-electric vehicle seems to have been a flop in North America.& & Let’s be objective.

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2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV: 42 mile EV range/600 total miles! A smash hit!

Current EV

By John Coulter, CURRENT EV CMO In its new Prime, Toyota offers a RAV4 green version that employs a hybrid drivetrain relying on a gas engine and electric motors that draw power from a plug and regenerative braking. Its 42-mile EV range, its 600-mile total range and relatively low price tag have made the PHEV an instant smash hit.

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EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

Green Car Congress

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Increased sales for hybrids and PHEVs. Sales of battery-powered electric vehicles are 65% lower in the AEO2013 Reference case than the year before, with annual sales in 2035 estimated to be about 119,000. Click to enlarge. quadrillion Btu in 2011 to 14.0

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Electric Auto Association Silicon Valley (EAASV), established in 1967 as the original Electric Auto (now Vehicle) Association, has a long history of attracting members and presenting speakers who have gone on to become tech and transportation luminaries. He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914.

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Audi introduces Q5 TFSI e PHEV to US market; EPA-rated at 65 MPGe

Green Car Congress

Audi of America is introducing its first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variant of its bestselling SUV, the Audi Q5. Offered as standard equipment on Audi TFSI e models, drivers have the option to adjust engine and battery usage with three capable modes specific to the plug-in system. In electric-only mode, using a 14.1

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

But in the automotive world and especially when related to electric vehicles, deliveries frequently fall well short of what was promised. And it is looking through that lens that I wanted to dive into GM’s most recent electric vehicle “supply” promise. Electric Vehicle PR Is Driving Up the Stock Price.

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