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Flash Drive: 2025 Cadillac Optiq

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Our take, after seeing it up close and getting some time behind the wheel: The price, size, driving range, charging speed, performance and Cadillac look, touch and feel will be very appealing to first-time premium small SUV buyers or those looking to move up a class. Story by John Faulkner. Photos by John Faulkner and Cadillac. [

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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We are starting with optimizing our conventional drive trains—the TDI diesel engines, the TSI engines, the DSG transmission, all of those technologies have helped us to lower our fuel consumption a lot. We have different alternative fuels in our program such as CNG and LPG, we are working on some synthetic fuel.

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Volkswagen’s 1.0L eco up! natural gas vehicle offers 79g CO2/km

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was rated in the best energy efficiency class: A+. seconds; its top speed is 164 km/h (102 mph). Although the 12-valve engine was specially configured to operate with natural gas, as an alternative it can be fueled with unleaded premium gasoline. The four-seat Volkswagen with its 1.0L engine consumes 2.9 The eco up!

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Flash Drive: 2026 Toyota BZ EV

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Smooth looks, longer range, more power Front-Wheel Drive Single motor Horsepower: XLE: 168; XLE Plus and Limited: 221 0-60 mph: 8.0 We now have spirited acceleration from a stop or, when on the freeway at 60 mph and needing to pass traffic, jumping up to 70 mph quickly. seconds Battery: XLE: 57.7 kWh; XLE Plus and Limited: 74.7

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Road Test: 2025 BMW i4 Gran Coupe

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The performance was impressive, with the i4 returning 0-60 mph runs at 5.5 It’s a hatchback The i4 comes with an acoustic pedestrian protection system, which is an artificially generated false engine sounds, pumped through exterior speakers, that are active when driving up to 19 mph. miles per kilowatt-hour.

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Road Test: 2025 Toyota Crown Nightshade Hybrid

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We made 0-60 mph runs in 7.1 Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and other efficient powertrains. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class.

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

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Direct Petroleum Displacement by Liquid Alternative Fuels in Vehicle Applications. For light duty passenger vehicles, the fuel economy improvement must be measured over the US06 cycle. DOE highly encourages applicants to collaborate and team with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or industrial supplier.

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