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Used Car of the Day: 2017 Ford Focus RS

The Truth About Cars

Today we're bringing you yet another hot hatch -- a 2017 Ford Focus RS. This car has the RS2 package, is based in suburban Detroit, is painted Nitrous Blue, and has 65,000 miles on it. It's apparently completely stock, save for a cat-back exhaust. The 60K service has been done, the seller says. Click here to check it out.

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Used Car of the Day: 2017 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen

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In this case, a 2017 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen. This S 4Motion has 111,000 miles on it and is quite modified. Other mods include a clutch kit and turbo upgrade, a high-flow cat and downpipe, a high-pressure fuel pump, an aluminum intercooler, a steel oil pan, an adjustable front sway bar kit, winter tires, and new front brakes.

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HVS unveils UK’s first zero-emission Hydrogen-Electric HGV with 370 mile range

Electric Cars Report

Founded in 2017, in Glasgow, HVS focuses […] The post HVS unveils UK’s first zero-emission Hydrogen-Electric HGV with 370 mile range appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

The Truth About Cars

If you owned a car that had traveled more than 400,000 miles during its life, could you bear to send it into the cold steel jaws of The Crusher ? 417,046 miles is about the same as traveling 16-¾ times around Earth (using a great circle route, of course), and that distance is impressive even by Mercedes-Benz diesel standards.

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Tiny Eli Zero urban EV priced at $11,990, goes up to 90 miles—slowly

Baua Electric

Launched with help from crowdfunding, the Zero was first shown in 2017 and began shipping to European dealers in 2021. It’s now 8 or 12 kwh, enough for 60 or 90 miles of range, respectively, compared to 5.8 kwh and 50 miles. Eli Electric Vehicles on Tuesday opened U.S.

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Tesla Semi will achieve 500-mile range while hauling cargo, confirms Musk

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When the Tesla Semi was unveiled back in late 2017, many were skeptical. Doubts were abounding about whether the Semi would be able to haul any meaningful cargo since its batteries would be extremely heavy, or if the truck could achieve its target 500-mile range. No sacrifice to cargo capacity, 500-mile range.

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Depot charging for electric trucks could reduce out-of-route miles – Charged EVs

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Back in 2017, he gave a presentation on the future of trucking, in which he discussed electrification, vehicle autonomy and other technologies that seemed at the time like ideas from the pages of Asimov, Clarke or Bradbury. Rick Mihelic is Director of Emerging Technologies for the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE).

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