New York City looked at actual fuel economy of hybrids and non-hybrids and compared them to EPA ratings. It found that hybrids performed better than expected in fuel economy in comparison to the non-hybrids.
Toyota has begun production of its popular 2020 RAV4 Hybrid at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky plant.
The 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid offers an EPA-estimated 41 mpg combined fuel economy rating on its front-wheel-drive model, with 37 mpg on the highway and 44 mpg in the city.
Readers of GreenFleetMagazine.com this year were most interested in OEM alt-fuel vehicle assets and strategies, with a primary focus on electric vehicles
New to the 2020-MY is an updated Acoustic Vehicle Alert System, a system that provides audio cues for pedestrians and other road users when the vehicle is in electric power only.