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2020 Honda CR-V Gets New U.S.-Built Hybrid-Electric Version

2020 Honda CR-V Gets New U.S.-Built Hybrid-Electric Version

2020 Honda CR-V, sporting freshened styling, new features and upgraded powertrains—including a new CR-V Hybrid to be built in the company's Greensburg, Indiana plant1. The 2020 CR-V Hybrid is the first electrified SUV from the Honda brand in America, joining the Accord Hybrid and Insight as the third electrified Hond ... Continue reading

2019 Lexus RX 350 Review By John Heilig

2019 Lexus RX 350 Review By John Heilig

I have owned (and enjoyed) driving our family's 2010 RX 450h over the past 9 years and brag that its the best car I have ever owned. Recently I had the opportunity to road test the long wheel base three row versions of both the RX and the RX450hL Hybrid. Both are virtually identical with MPG also about the same 25 MPG ... Continue reading

Auto Channel Exclusive: AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC Saturday September 14, 2019, WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Auto Channel Exclusive: AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC Saturday September 14, 2019, WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Auto Lab Talk Radio on New York City's WNYM Radio AM 970 Is Streamed Worldwide On TheAutoChannel.Com Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Auto Lab Expert Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Pr ... Continue reading

Auto Channel Exclusive: 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV S-AWC Review By Andrew Frankl

Auto Channel Exclusive: 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV S-AWC Review By Andrew Frankl

2019 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV S-AWC Review. A very dear friend of mine has just joined the company from a rival brand. Looking forward to the challenge he said and a challenge it will be. ... Continue reading

Auto Channel Exclusive: Boone Pickens on Alt Fuel, Energy and Politics - Congress totally doesn't understand energy at all - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Auto Channel Exclusive: Boone Pickens on Alt Fuel, Energy and Politics - Congress totally doesn't understand energy at all - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Pickens pointed out natural gas’ benefits of being substantially lower in harmful emissions than gasoline, its plentiful supply, and its significantly lower cost to consumers. ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicles (EV) Now Being Served - Thanks Bubba, Your Focused Vision Should Serve Us All Well (Originally Published 2008)

Electric Vehicles (EV) Now Being Served - Thanks Bubba, Your Focused Vision Should Serve Us All Well (Originally Published 2008)

ELECTRIC . ELECTRIC; plug in electric; H2 fuel cell hybrid electric; gasoline hybrid electric; diesel hybrid electric; solar hybrid electric; CNG hybrid electric; propane hybrid electric; H2 hybrid electric; cold fusion hybrid electric; “who knows what's coming” hybrid electric...read my lips ELECTRIC. With ... Continue reading

Hybrid Vs. Diesel- Just The Bottom line Facts +VIDEO - Story Of Diesel (18 Minute)

Hybrid Vs. Diesel- Just The Bottom line Facts +VIDEO - Story Of Diesel (18 Minute)

Diesel or Hybrid? By Carey Russ Hybrids are trendy, and, as an automotive writer, I've had the opportunity to drive all of the current production gasoline-electric hybrid cars and a few prototypes. Knowing this, friends and acquaintances have asked me if they should buy a hybrid. The first thing I do is ask them a ques ... Continue reading

American Honda August 2019 Sales - Whoa Baby

American Honda August 2019 Sales - Whoa Baby

American Honda Marks Best Month of Sales in Company History, Setting Multiple All-Time Monthly RecordsSep 4, 2019 American Honda smashes all-time monthly sales records for total vehicles and trucks Honda brand also records its best-ever month, driven by record truck sales, and robust passenger car sales Honda CR-V and ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Reports August 2019 Sales

Hyundai Motor America Reports August 2019 Sales

Hyundai Motor America reported August sales of 63,737 units, a 12% increase in comparison with August 2018 and the 13th straight month of increasing total sales on a comparative monthly basis. ... Continue reading

August 2019 Toyota Lexus North America Sales Report

August 2019 Toyota Lexus North America Sales Report

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today reported August 2019 sales of 248,334 vehicles, an increase of 11.3 percent on a volume basis and up 7.4 percent on daily selling rate (DSR) basis versus August 2018. Toyota division achieved a best-ever August, posting sales of 218,403 units, up 12.3 percent on a volume basis an ... Continue reading

2020 Ford Explorer Limited Hybrid Preview

2020 Ford Explorer Limited Hybrid Preview

2020 Ford Explorer Limited Hybrid with rear-wheel drive has EPA-estimated ratings of 27 mpg city/29 mpg highway/28 mpg combined; a four-wheel drive-equipped vehicle has EPA-estimated ratings of 23 mpg city/26 mpg highway/25 mpg combined With an 18-gallon fuel tank, all-new Explorer Limited Hybrid RWD has an EPA-estimat ... Continue reading

TDK to Showcase Solutions for Battery/xEV Design at The Battery Show North America 2019

TDK to Showcase Solutions for Battery/xEV Design at The Battery Show North America 2019

The Battery Show North America 2019, Suburban Collection Showplace, September 10-12, Novi, Michigan. Additionally, TDK-Lambda will present high current and high voltage programmable DC power supplies in Booth #2330. ... Continue reading

The most powerful Porsche Cayenne is a plug-in hybrid

The most powerful Porsche Cayenne is a plug-in hybrid

Top-of-the-range SUV model with 680 PS and purely electric range of up to 40 kilometres Stuttgart. Porsche continues to consistently focus on e-mobility, with the Cayenne range following the Panamera series in now featuring a plug-in hybrid as its new flagship model. ... Continue reading

The Road To EV's Is Strewn With Facts

The Road To EV's Is Strewn With Facts

Automotive Evolution of Mobility Study was released today. Focused on electric vehicles, the research finds that without collaboration between dealers and automakers, clearing up common misconceptions could delay widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption. ... Continue reading

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