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Electric Vehicle Sales Exploding, 500% over 2012 Numbers

Benji Jerew — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:20:19 +0000

Expanding public adoption of electric vehicles appears to be in full swing, but can the market keep up this trend? According to the most recent sales numbers of electric vehicles, they’re selling like hotcakes, if hotcakes were powered by lithium-ion and were available at an automobile dealership. It’s not just electric vehicles, such as the […]

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Toyota Prius v Competition – General Motors Working on Small Hybrid MPV

Benji Jerew — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:52:24 +0000

Hybrid MPVs are a particularly rare breed and, at least in the US, but you may be familiar with the two most well-known models, the Toyota Prius v and the Ford C-Max. If Toyota Prius v is king of the hill, then Ford C-Max would probably be considered the main challenger in the small hybrid […]

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Ford Hybrid Vehicles to be Reprogrammed for Fuel Economy

Benji Jerew — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:05:31 +0000

When the Ford hybrid vehicle lineup hit the market last year, including the Ford C-Max and Fusion Hybrids and Lincoln MKZ hybrid, drivers flocked to fuel economy claims as high as 47mpg, and up to 108mpg-e in the case of the Energi PHEV variants. Then came the disappointment that just added to an already-disappointed stream […]

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