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Chrysler Pacifica PHEV Gets The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval

CleanTechnica EVs

It seems like every week, I’m seeing a publication I didn’t expect start writing about electric vehicles. I had no idea that Good Housekeeping even had a Best Hybrid Minivan Award, but that’s exactly what just happened for the Pacifica PHEV.

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Ford patents movable in-vehicle table

Baua Electric

Ford wants to make vehicle interiors more like living rooms. 14, 2021, shows a movable in-vehicle table placed among the seats in a vehicle cabin. They also show back seats mounted longitudinally in the vehicle instead of latitudinally like usual to face the table. Ford included footrests as well.

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GM Introduces GMC Granite Concept at NAIAS; Urban Utility Vehicle

Green Car Congress

Those dimensions create unique proportions that depart from conventional minivan, SUV or crossover designs, GM says. Granite was conceived as a new type of vehicle from GMC—one that could stretch people’s ideas of what a GMC can be. Power for the Granite concept comes from a 1.4L It is matched with a six-speed transmission.

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Nobody Knows if the BMW M5 Touring is Coming to America

The Truth About Cars

However, automakers frequently run vehicles under development in places they never intend on selling them and employees sometimes leak information. But it’s probably a good idea to temper whatever excitement you may have about the M5 Touring being broadly available here.

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Electric Volkswagen Bus Teased Again: Will It Be Real This Time?

Green Car Reports

The idea is as cool as it is durable: An all-electric reincarnation of the classic Volkswagen Bus, beloved people carrier of the Sixties and Seventies. It was first mentioned fully five years ago, when Volkswagen showed an all-electric taxi concept based on an updated minivan with all the design cues of the VW Bus.

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Tech: Autonomous Vehicles Are Going to Require a New Brain

Clean Fleet Report

The autonomous vehicle (AV) market is undeniably growing at an exponential rate. Auto manufacturers will also be faced with growing demands as the industry prepares to meet new conditions of this massive cultural shift among drivers towards autonomous vehicles. Neural Manufacturing for Autonomous Vehicles.

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Who will be in the driver’s seat?

Electric Auto Association

Amy Sinclair is the only woman presently serving on the board of the Golden Gate Electric Vehicle Association (GGEVA) , and for many years she has been one of the few female members of this Electric Auto Association (EAA) Bay Area chapter. She’s also been part of a decisive minority when it comes to electric vehicle (EV) purchases.