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Event: 2022 Chicago Auto Show

Clean Fleet Report

The special edition vehicles included trucks and SUVs sporting an array of accessories and trim kits, while cars and SUVs using electricity are continuing to grow more dominant by the day. Kia Sportage Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV). The 2022 Chicago Auto Show runs through February 21 at McCormick Place. Story by John Faulkner.

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Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé plug-in makes its European debut; showcasing the MQB

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Engine compartment of the CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid shows the transverse-mounted 3.0L Volkswagen brought the new CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid sporty mid-size SUV show car, introduced in April at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), to a media event in Berlin for its European premiere. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Jeep sidesteps EVs with ICE off-road concepts, points to PHEVs

Baua Electric

Among them, the lone plug-in concept among them was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe Willys Dispatcher plug-in hybrid concept that, according to the brand, provides “a mix of where the Jeep brand’s been and where it’s going.” market plug-in hybrid. And this year, unlike other recent years, all of them were gasoline-fueled.

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

Green Car Congress

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. Components of the XL1 plug-in power unit. Components of MQB plug-in hybrid power unit.

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Hardcore electric ute incoming: Dakar-ready Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear concept paves the way for wild Raptor EV

EV Central

READ MORE: 2025 Ford Ranger Plug-in Hybrid confirmed for Australia Next Nissan Patrol going electric? To raise its body out of harm’s way a high-lift kit was added that also includes a new long- travel suspension that’s needed to soak up 200km/h landings over rocky terrain.

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Video Friday: Tensegrity Wheels

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. With its Plug & Play method for programming collaborative robotics applications, which is fully integrated into the iiQKA ecosystem, it convinced the jury.

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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

Cars That Think

Such events, however, can take months of planning and hundreds of thousands of dollars to put on. a start-up in Los Angeles, have begun shipping portable plug-and-play, cabinet-based holoportal systems the size of a telephone booth. ARHT Media , based in Toronto, Canada, and PORTL Inc., meters tall, 1.5 m wide, and 0.6