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Rivian receives award from PETA for making its vehicles 100% cruelty-free

Teslarati

As a light thanks for Rivian’s efforts to design its vehicles with cruelty-free materials, PETA noted that is sending a box of “delicious cow-shaped vegan chocolates” to the electric truck maker. PETA is calling on lagging brands—including Audi, Bentley, Lexus, Mazda, and Porsche—to follow suit,” the group noted in a press release.

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777 hp electric overland concept from Italdesign bows in Beijing [video]

Baua Electric

The all-new, all-electric Italdesign Quintessenza concept is a high-tech Italian take on the Porsche Dakar concept that’s just begging to be put into production. They map the surrounding environment when the satellite signal is poor, and offer multifunction lights indicating the car’s driving mode and braking when the hard top is removed.”

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Auto Alliance pushing for passage of Maryland SB 1234 that would require state purchase of ZEVs; 50% of LDVs by 2026

Green Car Congress

The bill phases in a requirement that, by fiscal 2026, 50% of light-duty vehicles purchased for the State vehicle fleet be zero-emission vehicles. The goal of the mandate is to improve the environment by spurring the sale of vehicles with alternative powertrains thus reducing carbon emissions. The bill would take effect 1 July 2018.

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Installing LED Lights and Fixing the LED Flasher

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I ordered the CF13GL-02 LED flasher relay, which is a plug-in replacement for the Porsche 914 relay and responds to the much lower current pulled by the LED lamps. I measured 3 MegaOhms between the bulb output terminal and ground, even with all the lights turned off. The bulb bases were the same, so replacing the bulbs was easy.

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EPA issues a second notice of violation to Volkswagen alleging emissions cheating in MY 2014-2016 3.0L diesels

Green Car Congress

This NOV is also being issued to Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America. The NOV alleges that the VW Group companies developed and installed a software defeat device—specifically, code in the electronic control module (ECM)—in certain VW, Audi and Porsche light duty diesel vehicles equipped with 6-cylinder, 3.0-liter

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

Michelin sees a future in which its tires might be more expensive but last much longer and be much less impactful on the environment. Tire Manufacturers Association, synthetic polymers make up about 24% of the material in passenger vehicle and light truck tires. According to information from the U.S. Tire ingredients. – U.S.

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Ford’s first mass-produced carbon fiber wheels

Green Car Congress

The company now is producing its “CR-9” wheel series in limited numbers for Porsche, BMW M3, Audi R8, Lamborghini and McLaren MP4-12C within Europe, Japan and North America. The wheels are so light, the springs and MagneRide dampers had to be recalibrated because the suspension can respond considerably faster to road inputs.