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Mid-Size Truck Demand, Drive Electric Week, Carbon Fiber Wheels: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Dealer orders indicate demand for smaller pickup trucks may be greater than carmakers anticipated, National Drive Electric Week will sing the praises of electric cars beginning next Monday, and carbon fiber wheels show promise as a way to improve efficiency. We start the week with a wide variety of topics.

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News: 2023 Toyota and Lexus New Products

Clean Fleet Report

The bigger news is that the Corolla Hybrid, which gets 52 mpg on the highway, will have the option of electronic on-demand all-wheel drive that has a rear-mounted electric motor. The RAV4 Hybrid Woodland Edition will be in dealers in fall 2022. The all-new 2023 Sequoia full-size SUV is now only available as a hybrid.

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“Mopar ‘23” Charger & Challenger Play Farewell Tour

The Truth About Cars

With a host of ‘Last Call’ and sundry variants on offer, not to mention a buying frenzy spurred by Dodge’s choice to list Charger and Challenger dealer allocation on a public website, the old-school muscle nameplates don’t really need another kick-in-the-pants special edition. Yet, here we are. Price for the package sits at $3,995.

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2024 Dodge Durango Also Getting Limited Production 'Last Call' Editions

The Truth About Cars

Inside, the AlcHEMI yields yellow and silver stitching on the upholstery, some carbon-fiber accenting, and more specialized badging. Dodge said the MSRP would be $3,595 higher than that of a Dodge Durango SRT 392 premium model, so customers can expect to shell out roughly $90,000 before encountering any attempted dealer markups.

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Breakthrough in EV Battery technology

Electric Vehicles India

The previous type of battery packs concentrated either on good mechanical properties or good electrical properties but this massless carbon fiber battery has both good mechanical and electrical properties. This enhanced massless carbon fiber battery is expected to be completed within two years.

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Road Test: 2023 McLaren GT

Clean Fleet Report

Unassuming Speed McLaren lets you know right away the GT is a serious driver’s car—the carbon fiber steering wheel is void of all buttons and controls for the audio, telephone and cruise control—meaning serious driving ahead. The roof with a fixed glass panel slopes to the carbon fiber deck lid with a window over the 14.8

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2024 Toyota GR Corolla Pricing Revealed, New Trim and Performance Parts

The Truth About Cars

But that probably won’t matter much due to the fact that the model will undoubtedly be subjected to horrid dealer markups. Though that issue may be improving as Toyota ramps up production and adds a new trim that’s clearly targeting how most people were already configuring the rally inspired hatchback.

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