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At the EV Crossroads

Clean Fleet Report

liter gas engine (28 mpg highway) for a run in the snow up to Lake Tahoe. The Q5 handled the 7,000-foot ascent to Tahoe with aplomb and the Q4 navigated the local mountain roads like it was right at home. But it is still a mass-produced automobile. Our Q4 was the standard upright SUV-like profile.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

kW charger, the slowest is by a standard 120V household plug that delivers a full charge in about two and a half days. Lucid names the Air Touring interiors after California destinations of Santa Cruz, Tahoe and Mojave. Wireless phone charging and Bluetooth are standard.

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GM Unveils EN-V Concepts for Future Urban Mobility

Green Car Congress

Recharging can occur from a conventional wall outlet using standard household power, allowing EN-V to travel at least 40 kilometers (25 miles) on a single charge. By comparison, today’s typical automobile weighs more than 1,500 kilograms and is three times as long. The Miao EN-V model. Click to enlarge. Autonomous operation.

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Comedy CAFE Clowns Crack Me Up

Creative Greenius

Because they were so busy scamming people into buying planet-killing Hummers, Expeditions, Tahoes, Suburbans and other “the joke is on us&# vehicles, they ran their own business into the ground. All I ever heard them do was badmouth the small Honda car I drive and complain about CAFE fuel economy standards. Guess what?

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