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Peugeot L500 R Hybrid PHEV racing concept

Green Car Congress

Peugeot has designed a new gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid racing concept: the L500 R Hybrid. Developed by Peugeot Sport teams, the 500-bhp plug-in hybrid powertrain features two electric motors (one front and one rear) plus a 270 hp gasoline engine, yielding peak torque of 730 N·m (538 lb-ft).

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Unleashed Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo takes track record at Spa-Francorchamps

Green Car Congress

The electrical energy that comes from the front brakes and the exhaust system is temporarily stored in a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery with cells from A123 Systems. At the 2017 championship round in Spa, in the Porsche 919 Hybrid’s final season, it could use 1.784 kilogram/2.464 liters of gasoline per lap.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here.

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Road Test: 2024 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring III

Clean Fleet Report

The Corsair was first only available with a gasoline engine, but in 2022 the efficient plug-in-hybrid (PHEV) was introduced. The perfect bridge between a gasoline-propelled vehicle and one that runs purely on batteries is making more sense to people. There is a sixth mode of Preserve, which saves the battery charge for later use.

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Electric Mercedes supercar reportedly set as SLS EV replacement

Baua Electric

Unveiled at the 2012 Paris auto show, the SLS AMG Electric Drive was a limited-production derivative of the gasoline SLS AMG sports car. liter V-8 with four electric motors, which produced a combined 740 hp and 737 lb-ft of torque—much more than the gasoline version. It replaced the standard car’s 6.2-liter

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Road Test: 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, powered by a 2.5-liter liter non-turbocharged, I4 engine and two electric motors producing a total system 266 horsepower. That number jumps to 78 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when looking at the car’s electric power. The way to Lincoln.

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Road Test: 2024 Lincoln Nautilus Hybrid Black Label AWD

Clean Fleet Report

liter inline 4-cylinder gasoline, and the one Clean Fleet Report tested, a hybrid turbocharged 2.0-liter Exterior Elegance The Nautilus Hybrid takes design cues from the now discontinued Lincoln Continental by paying tribute with the signature Lincoln grille. The hybrid delivers an EPA estimated of 30 mpg city/31 highway/30 combined.

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