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electric car window stickers

Source: Making sense of electric car window stickers: What it all means | Autoweek

Making sense of electric car window stickers: What it all means

Trying to compare EVs with gasoline or diesel vehicles isn't easy, and the current window sticker doesn't help

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While in principle MPGe is a good way of conveying relative efficiency, I'm not sure that it's actually meaningful to consumers, nor is energy efficiency in general for plug-in vehicles," said Sam Abuelsamid, senior analyst at Navigant Research. "Much as most consumers focus on what their monthly payment is going to be, for EVs, I think they are mostly just interested in the electric range and, in the case of PHEVs, the gas/diesel efficiency."
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MPGe stands for "miles per gallon equivalent." A slew of alternatives were debated before this metric was applied for...

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World Debut of the Lexus UX, a New Genre of Crossover

World Debut of the Lexus UX, a New Genre of Crossover | LEXUS | TOYOTA Global Newsroom

Hat tip to @GasperG who posted this in the TNGA powertrains thread.

Fourth generation self-charging hybrid powertrain
The Lexus UX 250h will also use a new fourth generation hybrid electric system that features a new 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine and continuously variable transmission (CVT). It will be available both with front-wheel drive and with Lexus' E-Four.

The new engine is notable for its high thermal efficiency and output, with provisional performance figures for the full hybrid self-charging system (engine and electric motor combined anticipating a maximum 178 DIN hp/131kW).

The powertrain development programme focused not just on...
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Rotary returns as range extender

Source: Mazda's Rotary is Making an Unexciting Return in 2019 » AutoGuide.com News

. . . In an interview with Dutch group AutoRAI, Mazda’s European sales chief, Martijn ten Brink, said the rotary range extender will appear on a new electric car that shares its platform with the next-generation Mazda3. Although he didn’t say it conclusively, he suggested a crossover body style would make sense.

As for the rotary engine itself, it will be a single-rotor unit without a turbocharger, and its compact design takes up no more space than two shoe boxes. It’s been developed to operate so smoothly that drivers will not even notice when the rotary engine is operating.
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I hope it competes well with the BMW i3-REx.

Bob Wilson

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