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Tesla Cybertruck spotted near BMW’s Munich R&D center

Baua Electric

Despite the vehicle being a… let’s say “statement,” it is packed with a good amount of tech that the automotive industry has been talking about for a long time, but which heretofore has been seen in few or no finished vehicles. But then, even that quarter million number could be low compared to what BMW might have paid.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E captures KBB’s EV Best Buy of 2022

Teslarati

“Available for sale in all 50 states, the Mustang Mach-E brings some of the best plug-in style, tech, and performance available among (relatively) affordable electric cars. Its SUV-leaning shape and fresh attitude also contribute to the Mach-E’s value to both Ford and to the emerging EV landscape.” ” (Credit: Ford).

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At Home with Bob Lutz

Revenge of the Electric Car

We went to Detroit recently to see Bob Lutz. Lutz lives in a spread that can best be described as “bucolic,” in a quietly lovely suburb outside of Detroit. Bob didn’t emote too much over the state of the car industry and Detroit as a whole, but, surprisingly, his wife did. We found Bob smoking a cigar on his Segway.

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

The Truth About Cars

The high-tech navigation relied on multiple hard disk cartridges rather than multiple map CDs. This cringy clip shows an Eighty Eight with Guidestar navigating the tony Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, and arriving at a suitably contemporary mansion. Can you find an Oldsmobile for sale with Guidestar intact? Let me know.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

car when tech-savvy types can configure one in their garage by rewiring their existing hybrids. Now, of course, Bright Automotive is ready to unveil the IDEA, with the expectation it will have 50,000 ready for sale in 2013. Waters, it turns out, learned a lot during his days in Detroit. The 100 m.p.g. The Irvine, Calif.-based

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More Recharging Detroit The future of the U.S. and we must do it quickly to save Detroit. But can this no-nonsense tech veteran come up with a plan to save Yahoo? Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. The business world hopes shes right.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. tech industry during the 1990s.

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