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Shelby Dips Its Toe in EV Waters

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Shelby has introduced a Mach-E GT, a rig that adds carbon fiber body panels and a performance suspension – while leaving the powertrain untouched. Sure, one could argue that Europe is where Shelby's performance was technically gestated when ol’ Carroll plunked a V8 engine in an AC Ace to make the Cobra. We shall see.&

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2024 Jeep Wrangler, 1963 Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake: As of late’s Automobile Information

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Shelby American is providing trendy examples of an iconic drag racer from the Nineteen Sixties. Jeep has up to date the Wrangler, including extra same old apparatus and increasing the lineup with two extra grades. The corporate will develop 5 unutilized examples of its 1963 Cobra Dragonsnake, each and every priced from $750,000.

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Shelby Mustang Mach-E, BMW M5 spy shots: Car News Headlines

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Shelby American has launched its first electric vehicle in the form of a tuned Ford Mustang Mach-E. Aurora is the self-driving technology company founded by one of the original engineers of the Google Self-Driving Car Project, now Waymo, and it’s also working on a robotaxi service in partnership with Toyota.

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Tesla motor, Shelby Cobra body, Kia battery: watch electric Cobra stun a race crowd

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In 1962, a 39-year-old Carroll Shelby stuffed a Ford V-8 into an AC Ace to create one of the most sought after performance cars ever made, the AC Cobra. Some 50 years later, a group of engineers from British Columbia, Canada has brought Shelby's idea—small two-seat sports car, very big power—into a new age.

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Elio Motors releases body framing and engine cradle design to suppliers for E-Series engineering prototype builds

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Elio Motors, the startup vehicle manufacturer launching a three-wheeled vehicle that will get up to 84 MPG with a targeted base price of $6,800 ( earlier post ), has released to its suppliers the body framing and engine cradle design for its E-Series engineering prototypes. He included Schwab Industries of Shelby Township, Mich.,

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Ford using autonomous mobile robot to operate 3D printers at Advanced Manufacturing Center

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Ford has used the printer to make low-volume, custom parts, such as a brake line bracket for the Performance Package-equipped Mustang Shelby GT500. While the process itself is autonomous, Ford operators are responsible for uploading 3D designs to the printer and maintaining the machinery, and for engineering new ways to use the technology.

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Ford using high-tech plasma coating process for recycling old engines

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Ford is recycling old engines so they can be used again with the help of a special Ford-patented plasma coating technology. The process delivers a 50% reduction in CO 2 emissions compared with producing a new engine. —Juergen Wesemann, manager, Vehicle Technologies and Materials, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering.

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