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GM electric vans, synthetic gasoline pollution, Best Car To Buy cutting-room floor: Today’s Car News

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Synthetic gasoline might not be cheaper or cleaner. And why did some of this year’s EVs and PHEVs not make the Best Car To Buy shortlist? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM has started establishing a franchise dealer network for its electric vans.

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Green Car Glossary: Vehicles, Drivetrains, Emissions, Fuels, Energy

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As gasoline prices go up, acronyms like EREV, CNG, and MPGe are becoming more and more common. Here''s your chance to enter a veritable Twilight Zone of terminology--and find out, say, whether a PZEV is related to a PHEV. (It''s Ever wonder what they all mean? It''s not.)

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40-mpg pickup, Niro EV changes, Volvo PHEV sales, Tesla recalls: Today’s Car News

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The Ford Maverick hybrid shows a 40-mpg future for gasoline compact trucks that Toyota has inexplicably omitted. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Kia carries the Niro EV over as anticipation builds for the EV6. We sum up recent Tesla recalls. And Volvo has been selling a lot of plug-in hybrids.

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BMW i8 beats Mercedes S 500 PHEV, Golf GTE to win World Green Car award in New York

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The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. The BMW i8 was also one of the finalists in the category World Luxury Car at the World Car Awards. Its battery-electric sibling, the BMW i3, took the same award in 2014.

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GM electric vans, synthetic gasoline pollution, Best Car To Buy cutting-room floor: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Synthetic gasoline might not be cheaper or cleaner. And why did some of this year’s EVs and PHEVs not make the Best Car To Buy shortlist? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM has started establishing a franchise dealer network for its electric vans.

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Report: Hyundai launching new brand of electrified vehicles in January: hybrid first, then PHEV and EV

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The first model of Hyundai’s new car brand—tentatively named “AE”—will be first introduced as a hybrid electric vehicle, followed by PHEV and full-EV editions, according to the report. liter Kappa gasoline direct injection engine, an electric motor and transmission tailored for the hybrid models. Earlier post.).

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Hyundai introduces IONIQ: compact car with BEV, PHEV or HEV powertrains

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The car will be available with battery-electric electric (BEV), plug-in gasoline/electric hybrid (PHEV), or gasoline/electric hybrid (HEV) powertrains—the first car from any manufacturer to offer customers these three powertrain options in a single body type. million vehicles globally.

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