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Details on GM’s new efficient top-end 8-speed automatic

Green Car Congress

EcoTec3 V-8 (L86) ( earlier post ), and on the Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV. In the 2015 Corvette Stingray, the new 8-speed enables a class-leading 29-mpg (8.1 The rated turbine torque capacity of the new transmission is 1000 N·m (738 lb-ft). l/100 km) EPA highway estimate—a 3.5% milliseconds. Transmissions'

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Depending upon where you live, power plants are often burning natural resources. Best take on all this has been that SouthPark episode with "It" You want something efficient that uses little resources and doesnt impact traffic and parking, then buy a motorcycle. The transplant car companies….aren’t aren’t there yet.