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EPA fuel economy report finds weight and power leveling off, footprint stable

Green Car Congress

The report is the authoritative reference for real-world fuel economy, technology trends and tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions, for new personal vehicles sold in the US every year since 1975. Preliminary MY 2017 values suggest that average weight will be up 9 pounds and horsepower up 2 hp. Source: EPA. ft 2 (1.2%), to 49.5 Source: EPA.

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Do You Believe Solid-State Batteries Are Really Right Around the Corner?

The Truth About Cars

Most applications have been limited to personal medical devices and the occasional electronic gizmo reserved for the kind of people who buy five-figure designer watches. In 2017, Japanese media was reporting that Toyota would field a long-range EV using solid-state batteries by 2022. But they’re exceedingly rare.

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Daimler joining MIT CSAIL Alliance Program for AI work; cognitive vehicles

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These efforts, and the new alliance with CSAIL, reflect the importance of artificial intelligence for Mercedes-Benz. Artificial intelligence is a key future topic for Mercedes-Benz, in-car and beyond, such as in the fields of mobility services or in development and production. —Anke Kleinschmit, Head of Daimler Group Research.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I first met& “Perry” at a Honda dealership& in Louisiana in 1986. A rotund enthusiastic person, Perry was one of the best sales people I’d ever seen. The car business being a small, inbred industry would result in me bumping into Perry& several more times, once while he was selling Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Texas in 2003.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

First Drive: 2017 Tesla Model X P100D ; Tesla Continues to Get Mixed Marks ; Flash Drive: Tesla Model 3. Daimler is the automotive giant that owns Mercedes-Benz and Smart and also was a Tesla stockholder. News: Mercedes EQC Introduced ; First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz B250e ; Smart Fortwo ED; 8.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

GM’s signature EV now is the Chevrolet Bolt EV , another new name, which arrived as a 2017 model and promptly won Motor Trend ’s Car of the Year award. Mercedes is starting to roll out its EQ line and Audi already offers is expanding its E-Tron lineup. GM, shifting focus to pure EVs, built the last Volt on February 19, 2019.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid in 2017, it was the only electrified minivan on the market. But the landscape has changed since 2017 as the 2021 Toyota Sienna minivan is now a hybrid. Mercedes-like?