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Flash Drives: MPG Drive Day

Clean Fleet Report

The Joy of Driving , Malibu Style The Motor Press Guild (MPG), the Southern California non-profit association for automotive journalists, annually brings together writers with automotive manufacturer representatives and their cars. This brief, alphabetical overview is of the eight cars I was able to take out for a spin.

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50-mpg Hyundai Elantra Hybrid, Honda’s big hybrid plans, $35k Model 3: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Electric car range drops quite predictably in the cold, a new group test finds. The Hyundai Elantra gets on the Hybrid bandwagon—and is aiming for 50 mpg or more. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Honda CR-V Hybrid plays a key role in the brand’s high-volume plans for hybrids.

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First US ID.4, Tesla Bot, Biden mpg fines, Nissan e-Power hot hatch: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. 4 electric car, at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory. Nissan shows a spicier side of e-Power. VW shows it can build its mass-market EV in the U.S. Volkswagen has produced the first U.S.-made made VW ID.4 Although just a validation.

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2014 Mitsubishi Mirage MPG, Electric-Car Sales, Carmaking Takes Energy: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Owners say they can get more than 40 mpg in the 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage, we look at the energy of manufacturing cars, and Nissan (with Renault) could well beat its 2020 sales target for electric-car sales. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Cadillac Lyriq details, GM EV1 at 25, Trump-era EPA rules flawed: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The first step toward Cadillac’s electric future gets a price tag. It’s been 25 years since GM sparked the idea of the modern electric car with the EV1. And the EPA’s process and protocol around its emissions and mpg rules were highly flawed, it now says. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Electric-Car Battery Costs, 40-MPG Surprise, 11-Speed Automatic: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

We look at sales figures for a surprisingly popular fuel-efficient small car, analyze cost declines in electric-car batteries, and suggest why the European and Asian idea of "city cars" doesn''t make sense in North America. All this and more today on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News'

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GM’s EV for China, Ford Ecosport, Volvo plug-in miles and mpg: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

GM has revealed a new electric car, but so far it’s only for China. Volvo’s plug-in hybrids get more miles and more mpg. A new study underscores the importance of workplace charging. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. And a major environmental organization jabs Ford over fuel economy.

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