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These Hybrid Cars Get Double The US Average MPG

Source: These Hybrid Cars Get Double The US Average MPG

Did you know you can spend the average low-30s price for a new car with average 26 mpg, or – if you care to save where it counts – you can buy a hybrid for less than the U.S. average price with double the U.S. average fuel economy?

Hybrid cars are meant to be thought of in that way, and with around 40 models now available, they are seen as a lower barrier to entry for those just wanting to save at the pump.

True, conventional cars’ mpg is inching upwards, and plenty get in the high 20s, into the 30s, but hybrids tend to blow these numbers away.

Numerous hybrids get upwards of 40 mpg, and as of this year, there will be three that get over 52 mpg.
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Now if we can just get new car buyers to 'get a clue.'

Bob Wilson

bwilson4web Jul 26, 2017 Read More Replies: 41

U.K. Joins France, Says Goodbye to Fossil-Fuel Cars by 2040

Just a generation away.

U.K. Joins France, Says Goodbye to Fossil-Fuel Cars by 2040 - Bloomberg

Marine Ray Jul 26, 2017 Read More Replies: 7

Toyota going to sell all-solid-state battery EV in 2022

News directly from Japan:
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/s/article/2017072590085647.html
Toyota set to sell long-range, fast-charging electric cars in 2022: paper | Reuters

Toyota's new electric car, to be built on an all-new platform, will use all-solid-state batteries, allowing it to be recharged in just a few minutes

Toyota spokeswoman Kayo Doi said the company would not comment on specific product plans but added that it aimed to commercialize all-solid-state batteries by the early 2020s.

Toyota is reportedly planning to begin mass-producing EVs in China, the world's biggest auto market, as early as in 2019, although that model would be based on the existing C-HR sport utility vehicle and use lithium-ion batteries.

GasperG Jul 25, 2017 Read More Replies: 58