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First drive in the 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70: A beauty of an EV… just not for long trips

Baua Electric

That transition began with assembly of the Electrified GV70 EVs at Hyundai’s facility in Alabama, rolling its 2023 models off the assembly lines this past February. It was easy to use Apple CarPlay, but a bit of a pain to keep scrolling through the center display to access Spotify and my Google Maps.

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New 7th-generation Hyundai Sonata updates design, tweaks powertrain

Green Car Congress

design language, stiffer body structure, better ride quality, reduced noise, vibration and harshness and advanced safety and convenience features. Friction reduction measures include a revision of the piston pin from a fixed-type to a full-floating design which cuts down on friction between the piston and cylinder wall. Theta II GDI.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

Participants in the collaboration include Alabama Power, American Electric Power, Austin Energy , BC Hydro, CenterPoint Energy, Consolidated Edison of New York, Dominion, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, FirstEnergy Corp., I n another announcement at the convention, Google announced two more recipients of their " Recharge It " largesse.

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Satellite Imagery for Everyone

Cars That Think

So these orbits are primarily used for observation satellites designed to track changing weather conditions over broad areas. Instead, they are placed in a near-polar orbit that has been specially designed to take advantage of a subtle bit of physics. Top: CNES/Airbus/Google Earth; Bottom: Maxar Technologies/Google Earth.