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The Lucid Air Dream Edition R’s first in-depth review reveals the car is a stunner

Teslarati

Lucid frontman Peter Rawlinson has spent plenty of years in the electric vehicle realm, so he definitely has an idea of what goes into creating a fast, luxurious, and effective electric car. In fact, Jonny Lieberman, who wrote MotorTrend’s review, said it’s more like a Nissan GT-R. The Ford Taurus was my second car.

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Used Car Review: The 2010 BMW Z4, an Extinct Metal Roof Convertible Experience

The Truth About Cars

The view out the rear is compromised by a high deck and small rear window which means reversing into regular parking spaces with tall curbs is a bad idea. & The tire noise is perhaps more notable because wind noise is less than expected. Parallel parking isn’t fun either, as it’s difficult to see where the back of the car is.&

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US renewables’ installed generating capacity beats coal

Baua Electric

FERC reports in its latest “ Energy Infrastructure Update ,” with data through January 31, 2024 (which was reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign) that solar accounted for 2,527 megawatts (MW) of new installed generating capacity in the first month of this year – or 87.3% of the total. gigawatts (GW) or 29.17% of all US generating capacity.

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DOE announces $59M to accelerate advanced vehicle technologies research

Green Car Congress

Through this topic area, the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) will select “seedling” projects for innovative, new ideas that accelerate the development of advanced motor designs and materials in support of the goals of the Electric Drive Technologies (EDT) Consortium, a multi-disciplinary team of national labs and universities.

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Chalmers team developing new high-power integrated motor and battery charger; “rotating transformer”

Green Car Congress

In his dissertation—in which he reviewed a number of other approaches to integrated motor/charger systems—Haghbin presented an integrated motor drive and isolated battery charger based on a split-phase PM (permanent magnet) motor. The question we posed was: how can we reduce the size, weight and price of the on-board charger?

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Survey says: Charge, incentivize, educate!

Electric Auto Association

Spend some time learning about what electric vehicle (EV) drivers in my home state of Oregon actually think, and gathering any compelling ideas these folks may have to advance the EV agenda. What I did on my 'summer vacation' last year was ask myself, given I wasn't going on vacation, what could I do?

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2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Review – Shockingly Spicy

The Truth About Cars

Wind/road noise seemed well muted, even during track attacks. I doubt Hyundai would spend the development costs without having some idea of a target buyer. I have no idea if the Ioniq 5 N will resonate with the public, let alone sell well, but I applaud Hyundai’s effort and execution here. Sure, why not? Maybe that’s OK.

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