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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

Cars That Think

Much of the motivation behind building new rockets or developing colonies on Mars is wrapped up in the rhetoric of our warming planet being something to escape from. Albeit slowly, entrepreneurs who helped build out the products and services over the tech boom of the past 20 years are now searching for technologies to address the crisis.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

Somehow it escapes his mind that just because someone buys a Corvette or a Mustang based on its ability, it doesn’t mean that the driver is going to actually drive it on public roads as if they’re at a racetrack. If Dan Kois wants us to live in a world where we all drive cheap, underpowered cars that are limited to 85 mph, he has that right.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

As soon as you hop in the Ioniq 6 you’re hit with the feeling of luxury, advanced tech and space. They’re a big improvement on the Ioniq 5’s slightly cheap looking and feeling doors. In these days of screen overloads, here’s another one you can’t escape. Vehicle-to-load (V2L) is also brilliant.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Audi RS models – performance flagships set to pick up plug-in hybrid tech as early as 2021. Don’t hold your breath for Australia… Chrysler luxury EV – now part of Stellantis, Chrysler has big EV plans, including a high-tech luxury EV that was previewed as a concept. Audi RS e-Tron GT.

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The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $100,000 and $150,000

EV Central

It’s big, boxy and stuffed full of tech, and — in its flagship GT-Line grade — is faster than most petrol-powered hot hatches. The drive experience is balanced and responsive, but this is also a big and heavy vehicle and you can never escape that. The Luxury is the cheaper of two RZ450e models, but that doesn’t actually make it cheap.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

tech industry during the 1990s. They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. But can this no-nonsense tech veteran come up with a plan to save Yahoo? He is, after all, a man who shunned the booming U.S. Electric cars will be one answer.

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2024 Genesis GV60 Lux review: Is this mind-bending small electric SUV really worth all this money?

EV Central

A tech too far? These days, real luxury should be about escaping screens. Genesis GV60 AWD – luxurious, but it comes at a cost Not that our GV60 Lux is cheap. A spectacular luxury cabin and outrageous high-tech kit blend with a proven platform to deliver an EV that’s a joy to live with.