AJAC's EcoRun: A Welcome Return in 2022, Part 2
Photo: AJAC The EcoRun, 2022 edition After an absence of two years due to the pandemic, the EcoRun is back for 2022, organized once again by AJAC. Here is the second part of our four-chapter report.I set off from the event’s start point in the Sienna van to Toronto's Kortright Center Park, where the AJAC Green Car of the Year and the AJAC Green Utility Vehicle of the Year were unveiled. The winners? The Polestar 2 in the first case, the Volvo XC40 in the second.
We made our way to the Collinwood resort via Alliston . The Sienna is powered by a 2.5L 4-cylinder engine combined with an electric motor, giving it a combined output of 243 hp. It comes with a continuously variable automatic transmission and, in this case, all-wheel drive . The factory tires were Bridgestone Turanza LS100s . Driving within the speed limit, I racked up a very respectable average of 5.3L/100 km.Photo: É.Descarries The Lexus 350h, ready to go My second vehicle was the superb Lexus NX 350h compact SUV, another hybrid vehicle powered by a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with an electric motor, and in this case a combined output of 239 hp with CVT and all-wheel drive.
I left Wiarton behind the wheel of the all-new Genesis GV60 SUV, a futuristic electric crossover based on the same platform as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6. With a base output of 314 hp from its two electric motors, or 446 hp in a performance version , it allowed me to compile an energy usage of 18.5 kWh/100 km while driving to Tobermory. In the case of this vehicle, it came from the factory with Michelin Primacy Tour tires. It was the most exciting car I drove on this tour!Tomorrow, the third part of our account of the 2022 EcoRun organized by AJAC.