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Smoothing the road for electric vehicles

Plug in America

The so-called mandate that you will hear about refers to a suite of complementary policies comprised of clean vehicle standards as well as incentives, and infrastructure and manufacturing investments to support the transition to cleaner transportation. The clean vehicle standards are NOT an EV mandate. automakers need to change too.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Pontiac LeMans SE Aerocoupe

The Truth About Cars

By that time, The General was already cooking up the Geo brand for use with vehicles designed or built by its Japanese partners. The Pontiac Division had used the Le Mans/LeMans name since it designated a Tempest trim package in 1961 , becoming a separate model for the 1964 model year. The engine is an Opel-designed SOHC 1.6-liter

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Toyota C-HR+ arrives as BEV, will Urban Cruiser follow?

Baua Electric

Since its 2016 launch, the two generations of the C-HR have accounted for more than 1 million sales, and the existing hybrid and plug-in hybrid C-HR variants will be joined by the C-HR+ full battery electric model. Outward vision remained a priority, so both it and the standard 14.0-inch inch digital instrument cluster beside a 10.1-inch

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Denied! The cute Nissan Micra has been reborn as an EV rival for the MG4 and BYD Dolphin, but not for Australia

EV Central

The Micra, meanwhile, is limited to Europe and is unlikely to ever return to Australia where it hasn’t been sold since 2016. Developed alongside the new Renault 5 E-Tech, the Micra EV was restyled by the Japanese brand’s London based design studio. 2026 Nissan Micra. 2026 Nissan Micra. 2026 Nissan Micra.

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This Man Made the Modem in Your Phone a Reality

Cars That Think

In his spare time, he taught a circuit-design class at California State University, Northridge , and then several circuits and signal processing classes at UCLA. Chip design is a very complex and broad discipline, Samueli points out. There are analog designs, digital designs, multiple systems, various architectures.

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Flash Drive: 2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

This is a big deal as the brands only other hybrid efforts were the 2014-2016 Crosstrek Hybrid and the 2019-2023 Crosstrek Plug-in Hybrid , with the only other venture into electric propulsion being the Solterra EV. USB-A and C ports, wireless phone charging and 4G Wi-Fi are standard. The tablet-style 11.6-inch

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Chinese Robotaxis Are Gunning for Global Domination

Cars That Think

By that standard, Tesla remains far behind. and WeRide , which were founded by former Baidu executives in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Tim Goessman/Bloomberg/Getty Images Their software is a combination of AI models and rule-based code, designed to interpret traffic patterns, predict behaviors, and execute driving decisions.

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