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What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies

Clean Fleet Report

Large automotive conglomerates like Stellantis (parent company of well-known brands like Ram, Maserati, Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge) are now focusing on extending car lifetimes and reusing parts to reduce carbon emissions. Then, if you’re truly eco-motivated, you can choose to recycle your old car’s parts yourself. See more at E Magazine.

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Mercedes-AMG Brings Entry-Trim SL 43 to America

The Truth About Cars

& Said to provide quick throttle response across the rpm range, the turbo is operated via the car’s 48-volt electrical system, a piece of kit which also feeds the belt-driven starter-generator. Exclusively rear-wheel drive, an AMG 9-speed automatic is part of the deal and 60 mph should appear in less than 5 seconds.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Returnto top of page} EV Parts Suppliers Canadian Electric Vehicles Ltd. for go-karts and small EVs Flight SystemsIndustrial Products: forklift parts and GE controller service GeneralElectric : Motors and controls Guest :Battery chargers Kilovac : Contactors LEMCO : Motors ManzanitaMicro : Mega-battery chargers and battery regulators.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. The 100 m.p.g. Right Now can be seen here. The Irvine, Calif.-based

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SwRI to showcase Ranger precision localization technology for automated driving; non-GPS system with 2cm precision

Green Car Congress

The latest Ranger kit can be used for automated driving, valet parking in garages and structures, freight distribution, and docking of buses and large trucks. In 2015, R&D Magazine named Ranger as one of the 100 most significant innovations of the year. Match features in live image to candidate map frame.

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The First Million-Transistor Chip: the Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

But this long-deferred move into the booming market in reduced-instruction-set computing (RISC) was more of a shock, in part because it broke with Intel’s tradition of compatibility with earlier processors—and not least because after three well-guarded years in development the chip came as a complete surprise. Integer core.

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5 great electric cars still eligible for the Plug-in Car Grant

Drive EV

3 is set to become the people’s electric car with ample range, interior space equivalent to the class above and all the kit you will ever need. driveEV is the UK's only online magazine dedicated to electric cars. The new Id.3 3 offers upto 263 miles of range on a single charge. Hyundai Kona – £30,625. MG 5 EV £24,495.

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