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LiveWire: How the electric Harley-Davidson motorcycle performs from a tech perspective

Electrek

I started riding as an escape at the beginning of lockdown in the US last spring, and I’ve been writing about Apple and technology at 9to5Mac since 2013. Always living with the newest iPhones and Macs (before you can buy them sometimes) has turned me into a technology critic.

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Tech: Are EVs More Expensive to Repair?

Clean Fleet Report

You can buy a standard gas-powered car, hybrid or an electric vehicle. Only the Ford Escape hybrid requires any extra maintenance. As a result, they may be cheaper to buy initially, but cost you on the long haul. Flash Drive: 2022 Volkswagen Sedans The post Tech: Are EVs More Expensive to Repair?

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Must Have Car Features for College Students

Clean Fleet Report

Often we will also have reviews of older models if you’re buying used. Similarly, the Honda CR-V and Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid are distinguished for their fuel-efficient performance among SUVs. Let’s examine some of these vital car features. It is not solely about enjoyment, but also about ensuring safety and convenience.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

Though he ignores the other reasons a wealthy person might buy a Bentley – style, creature comforts, as an indication of socioeconomic status, and so on. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be allowed to buy a car that has a high potential top speed. A world where even a lowly $20K car isn’t too strictly speed-limited by on-board tech.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

Green Car Congress

The ability to market the use of biobased in automotive manufacturing is important in having the customer accept or appreciate the use of biobased materials without sacrificing performance or characteristics of the automotive vehicle they choose to buy. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner.

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Ford 2017 trends report: disruption the status quo, “never more difficult” to find objective information

Green Car Congress

Sheryl Connelly, Ford global trend and futuring manager, says there is no escaping the fact that disruption is now the status quo. An abundance of choice matched with uncertainty in the marketplace is bringing about a reluctance to commit—giving rise to a “sampling society” that prioritizes trying over buying.

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Are Homemade CPUs Alibaba’s Bid For Independence?

Cars That Think

But, impressive as that feat is, an even more significant chip design development by the Chinese tech giant may be making available the source code to a RISC-V CPU core its own engineers designed. This means other companies can use it in their own processor designs—and escape architecture license fees. In the wake of the U.S.

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