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Personal: My Ongoing EV Adventure

Clean Fleet Report

Learning to live with an EV Fidelio was super cute in his light blue paint with white trim, and he sported a bright white interior with orange and black accents and a retro styled dash and trim. 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV – Bolty When I heard about GMs plan to produce a new EVwith a much better rangeI was thrilled. Hmmm, I thought.

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Where Your Author Owns a Used BMW Convertible for a Second Year

The Truth About Cars

These struts are not available via aftermarket manufacturers, and cost $780 each to source from BMW. Since it no longer received a signal from the electronics that were supposed to be there, it threw a suspension warning light immediately. Around the time of the struts, the parking brake warning light showed up.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part LI)

The Truth About Cars

The 472 (7.7L) V8 that arrived in 1968 was the brand-wide replacement for the 429 V8, which maxed out available displacement given its 1940s engine architecture. The first was a new glass sunroof installed by ASC (1965-2017), the supplier of holes in roofs and convertible conversions for many manufacturers for decades.

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Superconducting Motor Could Propel Electric Aircraft

Cars That Think

One is the availability, at relatively moderate cost, of copper-oxide-based superconducting tape, which is being produced by a few companies for startups working on tokamak fusion reactors. One of the challenges, Haran says, was finding a cryocooler small and light enough to spin at high rates and keep functioning while doing so.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

Charged EVs

Since then, in North America, Honda has sold two pure EVs in tiny numbers: the 2013-2014 Honda Fit EV (82 miles of EPA range) and the 2017-2019 Honda Clarity Electric midsize sedan (89 miles of range). Its one-pedal driving is exceptionally well-executed, with standard and strong levels available (also none at all).

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: electric Microbus finally arrives

Charged EVs

Iconic shape, two-tone telltale The ID.Buzz still gets as many glances, photos, and questions from bystanders as it did when production was announced in August 2017. Once inside, the leatherette seats are comfortable, the forward view is superb, and the entire cabin seems light and airy. Photos by John Voelcker. Can the Buzz endure?

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Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2017

Green Car Congress

Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2017. Calculated vehicle fuel economy is available going back to 1923. Department of Transportation were the sources of the information for 1986 through 2017. Department of Transportation.