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Petrina Gentile/The Globe and Mail Volvo has ambitious plans to go green. By 2030, the Swedish automaker aims to sell only electric vehicles. That means no hybrids, either – nothing with an internal combustion engine. But for now, it’s still possible to get your hands on hybrids like the XC90 Recharge plug-in hybrid, formerly known as the T8 plug-in hybrid. An all-electric XC90 Recharge is expected in 2022. Powering the XC90 hybrid is a two-litre turbocharged and supercharged four-cylinder engine mated to an electric motor. You might think that an I-4 doesn’t seem sufficient for a tall, 2,310 kg all-wheel-drive SUV, but it is. The gas engine and electric motor combine to produce 400 horsepower (313 hp from the engine and 87 hp from the electric motor) and 472 lb-ft of torque (295 lb-ft of torque from the engine and 177 lb-ft of torque from the electric motor). As a result, it achieves the fastest acceleration time in the XC90 family – 0-100 km/hr in only 5.6 second ....
Mitsubishi redesigns its flagship Outlander SUV for 2022 theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Photography by Jeremy Sinek/The Globe and Mail As Mazda aspires to move its brand up into the premium space, it’s not enough to have upscale interior furnishings and sophisticated road moves. It also needs to offer something extra under the hood. While the 186-horsepower 2.5-litre in the CX-30 GT is more than sufficient among mainstream small crossovers, this new turbocharged version is the true enabler of Mazda’s upward mobility. The 2.5-litre turbo four-cylinder engine first came to our attention in the 2017 CX-9 mid-size crossover. Since then, it has also done duty in flagship versions of the CX-5 compact crossover and Mazda3 compact sedan. ....