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Gordon Murray T.27 EV overall winner of 2nd annual Brighton to London RAC Future Car Challenge

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Overall winner of the second annual Brighton to London RAC (Royal Automotive Club) Future Car Challenge on 5 November was former Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray and his T.27 It’s a fantastic showcase for technology and The Royal Automobile Club should be proud of the event. 27 electric vehicle. Earlier post.).

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2024 MG Cyberster debuts within the U.Okay.

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The Cyberster, quite better than the BMW Z4 compact sports activities automotive, has scissor doorways, a Kamm-style rear finish and — for an MG — a swanky internal. Even supposing China’s SAIC Motor now owns the MG logo, the Cyberster used to be most commonly designed in England on the corporate’s London design studios.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. The BMW i3 uses the BMW eDrive rear-wheel drive powertrain previously found on the BMW ActiveE (but the i3 is significantly lighter).

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. The world’s leading sports- and luxury-car brands, together with muscle-car mavens like Dodge, are now pushing the envelope of the relatively inefficient internal combustion engine (ICE). Yes, behind my helmeted head there’s a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Rejoice: The Tipping Point Has Been Reached! 

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The majority of the US and China skipped plug-in hybrids in favour of all-electric automobiles or battery electric vehicles(BEVs). The Biden administration in the US issued an executive order last year mandating that EVs make up 50% of all new automobiles by 2030. including plug-in hybrids). The 31 Minute Challenge.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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Lotus Engineering and Harmon International, two heavyweights in their respective industries, have teamed up to create a new technology known as Electronic Sound Synthesis (ESS). Basically, the external ESS is a system that produces artificial vehicle noise. Basically, the external ESS is a system that produces artificial vehicle noise.

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