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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The 2023 UX 250h runs on 87 octane and is EPA rated at 43 mpg city/41 highway/42 combined. In the 210 miles we put on the CUV, averaging 65 miles per hour traversing Southern California highways, we had an average of 41.5 Connectivity is through two front and rear USB-C ports and a USB-A port in the center console.

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Road Test: 2023 Volkswagen Taos SEL 4Motion

Clean Fleet Report

Fuel economy is EPA-rated at 28 mpg city/36 highway/31 combined for the FWD Taos, with the 4Motion rated at 25/32/28. In 371 miles we averaged 28.6 mpg, but in a 99-mile highway run at 65 mph, we averaged 34.3 On another 87-mile run we hit an impressive 39.2 On another 87-mile run we hit an impressive 39.2

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid How Does 53+ MPG Sound? Head of the hybrid MPG class Hybrid Efficiency Efficient, but not quick The 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid running on 87 octane is the class leader in fuel economy. seconds in a few 0-60 miles per hour runs, which is not quick. This is our in-depth look at the hybrid model.

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Flash Drive: 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The EPA estimates fuel economy in the Limited trim to be 35 mpg city/35 highway/35 combined. The distinctive rear end design is dominated by slanted, vertical LED tail lights and a connecting light strip, stretching from edge-to-edge on the power hands-free lift gate.

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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

Green Car Congress

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). —Herya and Sundaresan.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The EPA 46 MPG Is Only the Start. Sometimes the EPA is spot-on, but commonly we exceed its numbers by a few miles per gallon. You had me at 46 MPG. Adding electric miles. Adding together the gasoline and electricity, the EPA estimates 105 MPGe (Miles Per Gallon Equivalent). Wonderfully Efficient.

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New plug-in hybrids for 2025

Baua Electric

A 2022 study from the International Council on Clean Transportation, tapping into U.S. data sources, found that plug-in hybrids are traveling 25-65% fewer miles than suggested by the EPA numbers on window stickers, and a European Commission study determined they were polluting more than assumed in real-world use. Instead, a 92.2-kw

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