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Review: Testing the best (and only) belt-drive electric cruiser bike: The Priority E-Coast

Electrek

The Priority E-Coast is fascinating as a cruiser bike, especially considering the beach cruiser category normally sees rather barebones and simplistic designs. more… The post Review: Testing the best (and only) belt-drive electric cruiser bike: The Priority E-Coast appeared first on Electrek.

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Rivian tops Consumer Reports ‘most loved’ ranks after its reviewers derided it

Baua Electric

The rating comes soon after Consumer Reports strangely listed the R1S as one of its “least favorite cars we tested in 2023.” When breaking down owner satisfaction into different categories, Rivian excels in most of these individual categories as well. Well, except for Consumer Reports. So… why the disconnect?

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PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

Green Car Congress

The entire life cycle of the passenger cars is taken into account, including the manufacture of the vehicles and the environmentally relevant emissions from driving. The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.]. in review).

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Every Mazda 2017 US model tested earned IIHS Top Safety Pick+ rating

Green Car Congress

All US 2017 Mazda models tested by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ( IIHS ), including the all-new Mazda CX-5, have been awarded the nonprofit organization's highest safety rating, Top Safety Pick+, when equipped with optional front crash prevention and adaptive LED headlights.

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Tesla’s mobile robotics manager posts new batch of Tesla Bot job openings

Teslarati

For instance, Tesla is looking for a controls engineer for the Tesla Bot, which falls under the manufacturing category. Another position that falls under the manufacturing category is engineering technician for the Tesla Bot. Tesla is looking for a test engineer for the Tesla Bot project in Texas.

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IIHS study finds autonomous vehicles may prevent only about 1/3 of all crashes if AVs drive like people

Green Car Congress

Autonomous vehicles might prevent only around a third of all crashes if automated systems drive too much like people, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Conventional thinking has it that self-driving vehicles could one day make crashes a thing of the past. The reality is not that simple.

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Ford and ADT to form vehicle security JV Canopy; AI-powered connected security cameras

Green Car Congress

The combination of our technologies and our deep security experience creates a new category of protection for work and personal vehicles. Customers will be connected to the system via the Canopy app to livestream video from the vehicle, get notified of suspicious activity, or review past events. Ford and ADT Inc.

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