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Road Test: 2025 Maserati GranCabrio Folgare EV

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Designed at Maserati headquarters in Modena, Italy, and built at the Maserati Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy, the GranCabrio Folgare is on the exclusive list of convertible electric cars that deliver performance in style, grace and elan. The Italian touch Convertibles can suffer from wind buffeting and noise with the top lowered.

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Road Test: 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz RWD

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hours 480V DC Fast Charging – 10-80% in 30 minutes or less Additional charging will be through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. People wanted to know what I was driving, wanted to talk about it and take a look inside.

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Aura Systems and Cyclone Power Technologies partner for renewable power generation

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Aura Systems, Inc. Cyclone’s advanced external combustion engines are capable of converting recovered exhaust heat from industrial furnaces, biomass gasifiers and other waste sources into mechanical power. and Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc.

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Finland’s oldest ferry goes all electric with Visedo

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The Föri initially entered service in 1904, after the City of Turku commissioned local shipyards Aktiebolaget Vulcan to build a city commuter ferry to take passengers across the Aura River to Åbo. The DC/DC converters serve to increase the battery voltage to a level that is more suitable for the motor drives.

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Mainline testing of UK’s first hydrogen train HydroFLEX gets green light

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The same funding competition has enabled for Porterbrook to pair up with Eminox to create a catalyst converter for diesel trains, extending the green credentials of the rail leasing company.

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New 2019 Toyota Avalon hybrid boosts fuel economy 10% to 44 mpg combined

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The 1960s Lincoln Continental Launched a Whole New Era of Car Design

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Whether you prefer the four-door sedan or the convertibles added drama, this machine is truly one of the all-timers. But its a vehicle that also has an aura of mystery around it. Lincolns Continental from the early 1960s is easily one of the most beautiful cars ever designed.