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Retractable car cover claimed to gain miles of EV range each day

Green Car Reports

For electric cars, garages, and everything in, there's plenty of room for some creative ideas. One such idea was introduced in February by the French company Armor, and as reported in PV Magazine, makes the solar cells part of a.

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Tesla trifecta dominates Consumer Reports’ list of most satisfying cars on the market

Teslarati

And in this sense, even an organization such as Consumer Reports, which tends to lean into the anti-Tesla narrative every so often, recently admitted that its list of most satisfying cars on the market is dominated by vehicles from the California-based EV maker. We surveyed car owners to find the most satisfying vehicles on the road.

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Rivian off-road rally performance car could follow electric pickup, SUV

Green Car Reports

Rivian announced a new electric pickup and SUV at the LA Auto Show—but apparently the startup electric automaker is so full of ideas it couldn't resist teasing yet another plan. Scaringe told British auto magazine Autocar that the company plans a third model that will take advantage of all the power and all-wheel drive that.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part I)

The Truth About Cars

Gone as quickly as it arrived, the expensive system was at the forefront of in-car automotive navigation. The tale begins in 1966, with a genius idea. General Motors held an early interest in automotive navigation systems, and its Research Laboratories division worked on its first in-car system back in 1966. Called D.A.I.R.,

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Think electric car named top idea of the year

Green Cars News

Electric carmaker, Think is celebrating its city EV being named as one of the ‘100 best ideas of the year’. Spanish magazine Actualidad Económica, a leader in the fields of economics and business dubbed the electric vehicle as one of the top ideas of the year as part of its annual awards. Presenting the [.].

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Robots and the Humans Who Make Them

Cars That Think

When IEEE Spectrum editors are putting together an issue of the magazine, a story on the website, or an episode of a podcast, we try to facilitate dialogue about technologies, their development, and their implications for society and the planet.

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Video Friday: Robots for Humanity

Cars That Think

And of course, you can read more about this project in this month’s issue of IEEE Spectrum magazine. Chen applies the art of origami to make a hopping robot, while Caporale adds a degree of freedom to the spine of a quadruped robot to interrogate ideas about twisting and locomotion. the next generation of our popular Dingo platform!

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