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BMW i3 Lease Deals, Tesla Convertible, Compressed-Air Hybrid: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

From a heavily updated Toyota Yaris to lease deals on the BMW i3 electric car, today seems to be small-car day--although a convertible conversion of the big luxury Tesla Model S offsets all of that. Plus, we dig into what makes a new French compressed-air hybrid concept car work.

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Better Batteries, Fisker Karma Production, Compressed-Air Hybrids: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Three lithium-ion giants team up to build a better electric-car battery, Fisker Automotive''s new owner wants to restart production soon, and Peugeot plans to introduce compressed-air hybrid technology to production cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Ferrari takes a page out of the Tesla Roadster’s notebook

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Ferrari is taking a page out of the Tesla Roadster’s notebook after the Italian supercar company recently applied for a patent for a “pulsejet” system that aims to increase vehicle performance and is similar to what Elon Musk has in store of the reiteration of its first-ever car. Patent database a few days ago.

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Tesla Model Y driver escapes frightening freak accident unscathed

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Tesla driver talks about surviving Fort Lauderdale crane landing on his car. It hit the front of my car. And then I just saw the front of my car just disappeared. Then that piece of metal bounced in the air and then went to the right and landed on another car,” he said. It was like slow motion.

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Compressed-Air Car Proponents Losing Faith

Green Car Reports

Licensees of the much-hyped AirPOD minicar are pressing for results from Motor Development International, the Luxembourg-registered firm behind the compressed-air-powered vehicle.

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Used Car of the Day: 2003 Shell Valley Cobra

The Truth About Cars

The compression ratio is 10:1 and the heads are aluminum, and this car has hydraulic roller cams, a cast-steel crank, forged pistons, an Edelbrock manifold, and MSD distributor/coils/wires. The seller says the engine is new, and the car has been driven lightly, mostly to car shows like Cars and Coffee.

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Flash Mob: Ford Introduces F-150 Lightning Flash

The Truth About Cars

At risk of oversimplification, a heat pump takes ambient air, compresses it, and then uses the condenser’s heat to warm up the air it just grabbed from outside. Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our& newsletter.

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