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2024 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid Max Review - Yeah, It Is That Good

The Truth About Cars

Toyota soldiers on as one of the few remaining automakers still carrying the minivan torch, now as an all-hybrid lineup. But despite the sliding side doors that make a van better for careless tots and their parking lot exuberance, it remains a bit player compared to this 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid Max.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid 40+ MPG Small SUV Starting Under $30,000 Another notch in Toyota’s hybrid belt The Toyota Corolla is one of the best-selling vehicles in the world and Toyota is the largest seller of hybrid vehicles in the world. It combines a 2.0-liter,

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Guess Who's Back -- 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Marks Return of an Iconic Name

The Truth About Cars

Toyota's Land Cruiser is back after three years. There will be just one powertrain -- an i-Force Max hybrid setup that pairs a 2.4-liter liter four-cylinder with a 48-horsepower electric motor that's juiced by a 1.87-kWh Toyota says that the ladder frame will offer more chassis rigidity than the outgoing model.

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Tank 500 Ultra Review: Is this the electrified 4×4 wagon that signals the end for Toyota’s dirty diesels?

EV Central

Instead of being diesel like virtually all its rivals, the Tank 500 is electrified via a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain. Chinese electric pick-up an Aussie chance No Toyota Prado or LandCruiser does that – for all the Japanese giant’s promotion of its hybrids – nor the Ford Everest, Isuzu D-Max or any other ladder-frame 4×4 wagon.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. Default: hybrid, not EV.

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Toyota Hot and Cold on Plug-in Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

A month or so ago word was Toyota was postponing the new generation Lithium Prius. That seemed to be a hint that Toyota wasn't moving too quickly on plug-ins. Now, however, we continue to see more information on Toyota's own prototype plug-in Lithium Prius. Toyota says plug-in hybrids offer the best of both kinds of vehicles."

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Test drive: 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ half-steps into future

Baua Electric

The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ plug-in hybrid arrives on the scene with 37 miles of electric range from the Toyota RAV4 Prime’s powertrain, in a more eye-catching and softer-to-the-touch package. The Toyota RAV4 Prime’s plug-in hybrid powertrain has effectively been fitted to the RX 450h+ with a bunch of extra sound deadening.

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