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Rimac delivers its first Nevera EV hypercar in the U.S.

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Rimac Automobili has delivered the first Nevera electric vehicle hypercar in the United States through a New York-based dealer in Manhattan Motorcars. It features a 120 kWh battery pack and 300 miles of range, but those are not the focus of the vehicle. Until then, the Rimac Nevera will reign supreme unless another newcomer takes over.

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Volvo Car Corporation intends to lead in field of autonomous driving technology; targeting the next-generation of consumers

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Volvo Car Corporation intends to gain leadership in the field of autonomous driving as the next major step forward in vehicle safety. Steering, acceleration and/or braking automatically controlled by a vehicle that requires very little human interaction is already highly present in the modern transport society.

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Libertine LPE free piston technology targeting power generation, waste-heat recovery and range-extended EV applications; feasibility study with PETRONAS

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The company, which on 16 Feb won the €20,000 (US$22,800) Climate-KIC cash prize at this year’s Cleantech Innovate, will be presenting its Linear Power Systems technology to investors at CleanEquity Monaco from 5-6 March. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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ZF electric driveline to premiere in Formula E with Venturi

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seconds and has a top speed of 280 km/h (174 mph). The German HWA Racelab team will enter the Formula E as a Venturi customer team and acquire its vehicles from Monaco-based Venturi. Accordingly, the electric ZF driveline will be in four vehicles in the starting line-up for the new season.

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Leonardo DiCaprio & Venturi Automobiles launch Formula E electric race car team

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Based in Monaco, the new Venturi Grand Prix Formula E Team has been co-founded by DiCaprio and Gildo Pallanca Pastor, founder of pioneering EV manufacturer Venturi Automobiles, together with Bert Hedaya and Francesco Costa. Prince Albert II of Monaco.

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Lucid is expanding into Europe with two Air Dream Edition trim levels

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. “The expansion into Europe and the decision to offer Lucid Air Dream Edition in this market serve to strengthen Lucid’s position as a global brand and further supports our mission to elevate the standards of the electric vehicle industry,” Zak Edson, Vice President of Sales and Service for Lucid Group, said. 7 seconds 0-60 MPH.

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Audi unveils e-tron Sportback electric SUV Coupé; market intro spring 2020

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mph), and its top speed is electronically limited to 200 km/h (124.3 All of the heaviest components are concentrated in the center of the vehicle. mph), the Audi e-tron Sportback can recuperate a maximum of 300 N·m (221.3 Output is 265 kW and 561 N·m (413.8 lb-ft) of torque. seconds to reach 100 km/h (62.1

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