fuel economy
May 23 2009, Priyanka Khanghta

Many hybrid cars fail because of their fuel efficiency, battery problem, emission test failure, excessive noise and other technical glitches. GM motors has taken certain steps to improve the fuel efficiency of its existing hybrid cars and has made...

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