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VW doesn't offer a gas-electric hybrid Passat model to compete with the Camry's hybrid model or Ford Motor's Fusion and Hyundai Sonota hybrids.

The Passat Is Hot on Camry's Trail Joseph B. White 2011

Ford Fusion mpg beats rivals: Ford's just-out 2010 Fusion gas-electric hybrid sedan is rated at 41 miles per gallon in the city, 8 mpg more than Toyota's rival Camry hybrid, and 36 on the highway, 2 mpg more than Camry.

Corrections and clarifications archive 2010

In 2010, a forward-thinking friend of mine took me for a ride in a Ford Fusion, a gas-electric hybrid that gets more miles per gallon than comparable cars with conventional engines.

It's Too Easy Being Green David Owen 2012

Complying with the 2025 standard will be more costly, auto makers say, because it will require the industry to invest in different types of vehicle technologies, namely more gas-electric hybrids and plug-in battery-powered vehicles.

Obama Unveils New Fuel-Economy Standards Josh Mitchell 2011

The high court's decision Monday not to hear an appeal of an earlier decision effectively ends the mayor's four-year legal fight to get the yellow-taxi industry to replace its 13,000 vehicles—the vast majority of which are Ford Crown Victorias—with gas-electric hybrids.

Taxi Plan Killed Andrew Grossman 2011

A hybrid, gas-electric bus costs about 60% more than a diesel model, says David Hillman , a marketing manager for Navistar International , which makes school buses under the IC Bus brand.

Forget the Prius. The Future Of Electric Is the School Bus Mike Ramsey 2011

Under the steeply raked hood, the Prius v hosts the now-familiar Prius gas-electric drivetrain, consisting of a 1.8-liter gas engine working with two motor/generators and the nickel-metal hydride battery pack, sluicing mechanical force and regenerated electrons back and forth through the car's power-splitting planetary gearset.

The Fuel-Sipping Prius Gets a Bigger Brother Dan Neil 2011

But the first mass-produced gas-electric hybrid car was made in Japan.

Wonkbook: Filibuster reform dead Ezra Klein 2011

Toyota The Prius v hosts the now-familiar Prius gas-electric drivetrain, consisting of a 1.8-liter gas engine working with two motor/generators and the nickel-metal hydride battery pack.

The Prius's Bigger Brother 2011

General Motors Today, automakers face steep fuel-economy requirements that can be satisfied only with smaller, more efficient powertrains, resorting to all kinds of fuel-air trickery: supercharging, turbocharging, and gas-electric hybridization.

This Buick Revs but Doesn't Roar 2011