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Student-built hydrogen Le Mans style prototype beats gasoline-powered cars in Supercar Challenge race

Green Car Congress

Never before did a hydrogen-electric race car beat other cars in an official competition—let alone the kind of petrol-powered race cars we were racing against today. For comparison: the Ferrari 812 Superfast, one of the fastest models the Italian sports car manufacturer produces, taps out at 718 N·m.

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Bentley commits to £2.5bn investment for updated EV factory in UK

Teslarati

Bentley has announced that it will build its first-ever electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom with a £2.5 ” Bentley joins other luxury brands like Ferrari and Lamborghini who have outlined plans for electrification within the luxury sector. billion investment ($3,375,537,500).

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

Green Car Congress

Many people may assume that oil, greases and fuels are simply added at the end of a concept-car build project such as this, but the Shell car aims to show what can be achieved when its products are integrated into the design from the start. Why a petrol car? Together with the all-electric T.27

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

BYD – Chinese car maker (the name means Build Your Dreams) has huge plans for Australia, including a range of SUVs and a sports sedan. Ferrari EV – yep, there’s a pure EV Ferrari coming, although what it looks like and how it goes is a long way off. Ferrari 296 GTB plug-in hybrid sports car.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

Porsches, Jaguars, Fiats, VW Beetles and Buses, even Ferraris, have all gone under the knife, with an increasing number of entrepreneurs serving this growing market. Farther down the line are somewhat newer Defender body panels waiting to be refurbished, hand-sanded, and then covered with Ferrari-quality. liter petrol engine.

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An interview with Riversimple

Green Cars News

I certainly believe that in future there will be a much more complex mix of powertrains and fuels; hydrogen will never be as dominant as petrol, and fuel cells never as dominant as combustion engines. There are technical hurdles still to overcome if you want a Ferrari, but not for a Ford Focus. Q: You plan to lease Urban Car models.