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Nissan X-Trail e-Power review: Is it better than a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?

EV Central

This is Nissan’s take on an electrified, but not full EV, future. And that means it’s not cheap. You can get into a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid for $40,550, but Nissan does say it will look to expand the tech across cheaper trim levels in the future. What is the Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4ORCE ?

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

Cars That Think

As a retrocomputing nerd, when I saw early last year that the Galaksija was being reissued as a complete kit through Crowd Supply , I placed an order on general principles. Figuring it was plain sailing from there, I canceled my Crowd Supply kit order and set off on my own.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

Positively, it’s Hyundai’s first car offering Over-The-Air updates to add improvements and features in future. They’re a big improvement on the Ioniq 5’s slightly cheap looking and feeling doors. Safety kit for Australian Ioniq 6’s should match the range-topping Ioniq 5’s.

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ONR developing offensive autonomous swarming capability for unmanned surface vehicles; adapting JPL’s CARACaS

Green Car Congress

The technology under development—based on the Control Architecture for Robotic Agent Command and Sensing ( CARACaS ) developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)—can be put into a transportable kit and installed on almost any boat. —Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations.

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Non-bike bike gear reviewed: Linka Lasso smartphone-controlled chain lock

Baua Electric

In this regular column, I take a deep dive into some of the coolest and most interesting gadgets and pieces of kit that make it possible to swap a car for an e-bike on a daily basis. It’s a real “welcome to the future” moment. They’re also not cheap, not by a long shot.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Use this information at your own risk: There is no warranty expressed nor implied and we are not liable for any of your past, present, nor future actions.Even should you perform these modifications to the letter you could still damage any number of components in your vehicle causing it to no longer function.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Exports were expected but doubts are now being shed on the future of the company. General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion. But the open-top fun machine ain’t cheap! It could kick off with a sleek electric ute.