Stairway to Heaven – Lucid’s Air Change Clean Fleet Report
Local electric car company launches four different models As the electric vehicle market grows and matures, we are seeing more and more attempts to differentiate electric vehicles and establish identities for models and brands. Today's A is Lucid Motors' all-day driving program - a step-by-step tour Four Air models. 4 different options The challenge for a new company with seemingly only one product is differentiation. The Air models look very similar, but the performance range is as varied as the price, which ranges from $69,900 to $249,000. Clean Fleet Report There has been Some seat time in a single model, but this is the first time to experience them consecutively. I was able to experience all four models in turn—Pure, Touring, Grand Touring, and Sapphire. At the end of the day and nearly 200 miles, I was convinced that there is some truth to Lucid's headquarters being located just across the San Francisco Bay from where we were driving. Each…
Road Test: 2024 Honda Prologue AWD Elite
New all-electric mid-size SUV The all-new 2024 Honda Prologue should provide loyal Honda owners with a comfortable transition from gasoline cars to the first all-electric vehicle. One of the key factors in this loyalty is Honda's reliability, and although the Prologue is a new model, it should have that reliability. With a little help, Honda electric cars Developed in conjunction with GM, the Prologue is based on the Ultium EV platform, which is also shared with four SUVs— Cadillac Lyriq, Chevrolet Trailblazer, Equinox Electric Vehicle and Acura ZDXThe combined range of these EVs, which are based on the same platform, has become a real-world testing ground for the Prologue, which uses essentially the same motor, battery, and suspension. So far, none of these models have been recalled, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to Honda owners. (Editor’s note: Author’s bad luck. After this article was written, a Cadillac Lyriq recall was issued for a small number of vehicles due to…
Road test: 2024 Audi Q4 55 E-tron Quattro
European premium electric compact SUV Perfectly sized for city driving or long road trips, the 2024 Audi Q4 55 E-tron Quattro stands out from all other premium electric compact SUVs. It was all-new for 2022 but received an upgrade for 2024 that included more power and range, more refined steering and suspension, and faster charging. This year, everything is more reach there Straight-line performance enables the 4,850-pound Q4 E-tron to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 5.0 seconds. Dual electric motors (front and rear) produce 335 horsepower and 402 pound-feet of torque, thanks to Audi's quattro all-wheel-drive system, for even, smooth acceleration, with instant torque available at any speed through a single-speed transmission. Press the right pedal, and linear acceleration is unaffected by shifting gears, because there are no gears. The Q4 E-tron features Audi drive select, with five driver-selectable driving modes—efficiency, comfort, auto, dynamic, and individual—each of which adjusts steering feel to provide a different driving experience. Smooth…
Flash Drive: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV
The First Plug-in Battery Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Goes on Sale This week Honda announced pricing for the CR-V e:FCEV, which is scheduled to go on sale in California (only) next month. In a first-ever technology pairing, Honda has mated plug-in battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric in the all-new 2025 CR-V e:FCEV. This breaks the norm of a fuel cell vehicle run solely on hydrogen. The e:FCEV advances the company’s zero emissions goals–100-percent of its vehicles will be battery electric or fuel cell electric models by 2040, and the company will reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Clean Fleet Report got a chance to give the model a short test drive recently ahead of the public launch. Getting To Know the CR-V e:FCEV 2025 CR-V e:FCEV, plug-in hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, is essentially a CR-V Hybrid with the addition of plug-in charging and with hydrogen replacing gasoline. With a 270-mile all-electric driving range (AER) from the 92.2 kW…
Road Test: 2024 Subaru Impreza RS
All-New Compact Hatch It’s back Big changes came with the debut of the all-new 2024 Subaru Impreza. The sixth-generation Impreza (the first gen was shown at the 1992 Los Angeles Auto Show) received a new design and the return of the RS, a trim level on the first and second generations (1998-2005). The new Impreza RS looks sportier than it performs. Handling is very good, but the acceleration with the CVT is not as good as a manual transmission could make it (more on that in a moment). There are three Impreza trims—Base, Sport, and RS. All have Subaru’s symmetrical all-wheel drive and a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with an 8-speed manual shift mode and paddle shifters. (Note: Gone is the 5-speed manual that was available on the last generation Impreza Sport.) Aaron Cole, product communications specialist at Subaru told Clean fleet Report that “discontinuation of a manual transmission for the 2024 Impreza was more of a function of buyers’…
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