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Tesla Cybertruck named “Disruptor of the Year” in Top Gear 2023 awards

Teslarati

One of these was granted by British motoring magazine Top Gear, which gave the Tesla Cybertruck its “Disruptor of the Year” award for 2023. Back during the time of the original Tesla Roadster, Top Gear ran a segment with presenter Jeremy Clarkson that claimed that the all-electric sports car ran out of range at the track.

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CAR Attendees to Gain Diverse Market, Economic Insights

Green Fleet Magazine

CAR 2024: The Conference of Automotive Remarketing will bring together four leading economists and analysts for an annual presentation and discussion.

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BMW X5 xDrive35d Named 2012 Diesel Car of the Year

Green Car Reports

This morning, the BMW X5 xDrive35d was named the 2012 Diesel Car of the Year by the readers of The Diesel Driver magazine. Altogether, 13 passenger cars and light trucks competed for the award. The award was presented at the New York.

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LG Energy Solution unveils its plans for LFP batteries

Push EVs

Jorg Jurgens, LGES director of energy storage systems EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa), revealed the company’s plans to pv magazine. billion to increase the production capacity for battery cells and packs at the Michigan plan, up fivefold from 5 GWh at present. pv magazine. Summing up.

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Audi sets new lap record for diesels on Sachsenring; electric compressor overcomes turbo lag, enhances sprint performance

Green Car Congress

Audi has set a new record time on the Sachsenring for cars with a diesel engine. The Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept is based on a technical concept car that Audi presented in summer 2014 on the 25 th anniversary of the TDI engine. Since then, the car was further developed for racetrack duty. Earlier post.)

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2011 Chevrolet Volt Electric: North American Car of the Year

Green Car Reports

It's been quite a year for the 2011 Chevy Volt, GM's range-extended electric car that went on sale last month. It garnered a slew of awards from various car magazines and other auto media, and now it's capped the year by winning the prestigious North American Car of the Year award.

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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

Blink Charging

She drove a Detroit Electric Model 47 Brougham model car , as electric cars were considered safer than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the early 20 th century, which had a tendency to experience occasional explosions. Clara played a significant role in popularizing electric vehicles before the First World War.