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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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EPA 2010 Annual Fuel Economy Guide Now Available

Green Car Congress

The Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan hybrid sedans come in second, at 41/36, followed by the Honda Civic Hybrid; Honda Insight; Lexus HS250h; Nissan Altima Hybrid; Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute, Mercury Mariner Hybrid; smart fortwo Cabriolet and Coupe; Toyota Camry Hybrid; and Lexus RX450h hybrid.

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

Green Car Congress

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. The record lap at Spa was the first appearance on the 919 Tribute Tour. The WEC efficiency regulations limited the energy from fuel per lap by using a fuel flow meter.

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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. You can do the math on how much money you would not be spending on gasoline.

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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

MPGe is a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of electric energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline (33.7 Paying tribute with the signature grille, made-up of dark smoke-chrome vertical bars that emulate the Lincoln logo and–under certain conditions–sparkle. kilowatt-hours/kWh). per gallon.

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