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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

Green Car Congress

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. According to the report, it appears that emissions from light-duty vehicles accounted for the entire increase in GHG emissions. in emissions from on-road vehicles. million MTCO 2 e of the 4.9

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

I understand that someone who isn’t a car person – and I have no idea of what level of automotive knowledge Kois possesses – might make an unfortunate correlation between the number of gears in a transmission and the amount of power a car’s engine possesses. There’s a lot more that’s wrong with this piece, but let’s start there.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Dash Cam?

The Truth About Cars

Practical reasons such as being able to prove you weren’t the one who ran that red light are also top-of-mind, naturally. & We feel that’s cheap insurance against the dude in that brodozer who swears he didn’t run the light. For an affordable dash cam, we couldn’t ask for much more than that. &

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Mazda Says Turbocharged Miata Best Left for Tuners

The Truth About Cars

The value that we get out of [the Miata] being so incredibly light is something that you [would] lose." The company allegedly just wanted a more free-revving engine to satisfy the person behind the wheel.& That's how we managed to make a car that's modern and safe and can be sold in 2024 to be as light as a 1993 Miata.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

Teslarati

18:41 CST – Elon Musk noted that one thing that for the vast majority of people, things are affordability driven. Most times, it’s a matter of whether people can afford one. Affordability is what matters,” Musk said. He also sheds light on the need to shift the shipping industry to sustainability.

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New Tesla Model 3 review: Too fast, too sparse and altogether too Musk

EV Central

So perhaps let’s start with what I noticed before I hooked up my phone, which is that this new Model 3, thanks to a few tweaks to its lights that make them look a bit more BMW/Mazda/Euro-cool, looks better than any before it, and slightly less “egg in a prom dress” than previously. But they’re still less practical than a simple stalk.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

While my personal tastes continue to skew toward bikes with ridiculous power-to-weight ratios, I’d happily take the Can-Am Spyder over any heavyweight touring bike or cruiser on a decidedly long journey. Even the more-affordable Ryker offers a slew of custom exterior panels. They’re not cheap machines.