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These Skiers Are Still Chasing Powder in Their 80s and 90s

Baua Electric

The group headed down Devil’s Elbow, a winding intermediate run. time to meet up with Alta’s seniors ski club, the Wild old Bunch. Taos Ski Valley, in New Mexico and Mammoth Mountain, in California, have similar rules, and a number of resorts offer steep discounts. When they reached the bottom, it was almost 11 a.m.

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EV Fun Run!

Electric Auto Association

We’re also hoping that an EVA chapter will win in the general category of' ‘Most Vehicles from a Car Club.’ The “Mother Road,” as John Steinbeck coined it in his classic 1939 novel, The Grapes of Wrath , winds from Chicago to Los Angeles, passing through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

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Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

Green Car Congress

In a speech at the National Press Club, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that the success of China and other countries in clean energy industries represents a new “Sputnik Moment” for the United States, and will require a similar mobilization of innovation to enable the US to compete in the global race for the jobs of the future.

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Give Me A #BreakFreeLA & Then Give Me 100% Renewables RIGHT NOW

Creative Greenius

I’ve lived in my house in Torrance, California for 23 years now. Not any City Council members, not enough state elected officials and not enough members of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the California Air Resources Board, the Coastal Commission or any other regulatory group tasked with protecting the people.

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Road Test: 2023 Maserati Grecale Modena Mild Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

It was a challenge to not tromp on the accelerator, because this is a Maserati, of course, but in our 327 miles driving through Southern California we had a 100-mile all-freeway run at 65 mph deliver 30.6 The EPA rates fuel economy at 22 mpg city/29 highway/25 combined while running on 91 octane. With 0-60 mph in 5.3

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis G90 Performance

Clean Fleet Report

In 217 miles driving mostly on Southern California freeways, we averaged 25.3 The G90 has limited wind and road noise partly due to the low 0.27 If you need to wind down at the end of the day, sit in the G90 and get completely immersed in this outstanding sound system.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

On a three-day mini-getaway, my wife and I ventured out from our home in Orange County, California, to the Central California seaside town of Shell Beach. Both routes are curvy, winding their way through citrus and avocado groves, with 150 cresting at 6,716 feet. Seems obvious, but it needed to be said.

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