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More than 500,000 Mercedes me Adapters activated

Green Car Congress

Since 2016, Mercedes-Benz has been offering its customers the option of equipping as yet unconnected vehicles from older model series dating back to 2002 with the Mercedes me Adapter. Connecting the adapter with a smartphone means that connectivity services are no longer solely reserved to customers buying new cars.

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Alpine Says A110 Successor Will Come to United States, Outlines Expansion Plan

The Truth About Cars

One could have also said that of Porsche in 2002. Now, you can find people buying used Porsche SUVs on the cheap to be used as comfortable cruisers or built into luxury baja buggies. But then the Cayenne came out and suddenly everyone’s wife was driving one. Alpine plans to start with smaller vehicles, which is on brand.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

Lowe's plan for the PC called for buying existing components and software and bolting them together into a package aimed at the consumer market. In reality, customers were buying 200,000 PCs per month by the second year. People could buy the machines at ComputerLand , a popular retail chain in the United States.

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Bush Budget: Plug-ins Hybrids, Not So Much

Plugs and Cars

Plug-in hybrids and electric cars built with the best possible, most economic, available-now technology. And use the $15 million left over to educate Americans on why it is in their personal and the national security interest to buy a plug-in car. My 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV blends regen and friction just fine, thank you.

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

Clean Fleet Report

Being realistic, no one will be buying a high-performance Mustang for making bread and milk runs. First introduced in 2002, versions of this suspension system are found on Camaro, Corvette, Cadillac, Acura, Audi, Land Rover, Ferrari, and Lamborghini models. puts out 310 horsepower and delivers 21/32/25 with its 10-speed automatic.

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

The Truth About Cars

It was available for the 2008 through 2012 model years, and fewer than 6,000 were sold during that span. The Suzuki Equator seems to be the most puzzling of them all , though, and now my decade-long search has unearthed one in a Denver-area car graveyard. Valuable, no. You'd call it "$5,000 off MSRP" by about 2011.

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The Hyperloop Is Hyper Old

Cars That Think

But no materials were available to build such a tube—above all, there was no way to produce affordable high-tensile steel—nor were there ready means to enclose people in vacuum-moving containers. Before rushing to buy shares in a hyperloop venture in 2022, remember the 1825 London and Edinburgh Vacuum Tunnel Company.

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