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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

Clean Fleet Report

Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act Marketing Renewable and Sustainable Energy At 200 MPH Environmental car racing: an oxymoron? Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity, at the 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, to sit down with Jim Crouse, the president and CEO of Capstone Engineered Solutions.

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Road Test: 2021 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury FWD

Clean Fleet Report

Competing in the premium midsize SUV category, the 2021 Cadillac XT5 is right in the middle of stiff competition, including models from Acura, Audi, BMW, Genesis, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla and Volvo. Cadillac’s Midsize Contender. In 224 miles of mostly freeway driving we averaged 22.5

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

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In 240 miles driving around Southern California we averaged 23 mpg, but in a 100-mile run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we averaged 31.2 ZR is a speed rating, which in this case means the tire can handle speeds surpassing 150 mph. Zero-to-60 mph times were right around 5.0 The EPA has rated the EcoBoost 2.3L

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Road Test: 2022 Genesis GV70 AWD 3.5T Sport Prestige

Clean Fleet Report

Where we did much better was on a 102-mile freeway run in either Eco or Smart mode and with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we achieved 27.5 Connecting to the voice recognition is as simple as pressing the button on the left side of the steering wheel and entering a command. Ready to take its place among the premium crowd.

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Acura provides more technical detail on NSX sports hybrid AWD powertrain, body

Green Car Congress

Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this past January ( earlier post ), and now has provided more technical detail on the high-performance hybrid sports car and its new Sport Hybrid-AWD power unit. —Ted Klaus, Acura NSX Global Development Leader.

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Road Test: 2021 Cadillac CT4 Premium Luxury AWD

Clean Fleet Report

mpg, but in a 180-mile all-freeway run with the cruise control set at 65 mph we averaged 32.9 The Cadillac User Experience, or CUE System is designed to provide a complete suite of infotainment, navigation and communication tools for keeping the driver connected. Road Test: 2016 Acura ILX. Road Test: 2016 Audi A3 E-tron PHEV.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura. Alpha estimates 250-275 miles of range, and 0-60 mph acceleration in 6.2 Honda will offer more details later this year, he said. – March 12, via Associated Press.

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