The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It found that, while EV adoption rates were increasing nationwide, there are plenty of places in America that now appear to be shunning electrified automobiles.& But it’s the prescribed solution if you ask alleged industry experts or corporate lobbyists (people who are sometimes one and the same). "As

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Some drivers seem fine with having cameras, controlled by a multinational corporation, installed into the dashboard. An automobile cannot be considered truly luxurious or premium by the brand if it's not beating you over the head with the latest infotainment gimmicks.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It’s something that the brand’s corporate parent, Volkswagen Group, has been struggling with for a while. In addition to the potential mechanical advantages something like that might offer, the resulting automobile would theoretically see reduced tire wear.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Electric automobiles have, for whatever reason, been framed as a moral good by both industrial and government actors. Meanwhile, inflationary pressures, caused by excessive government spending and plain-old corporate greed, are forcing average buyers downmarket.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 7, 2023

This is being done under the auspices of solving crimes and has locals feeling a little nervous about their privacy as their neighborhoods are turned into a corporate-funded surveillance state. Though the activists do make for some unlikely allies, as they’re not all that keen on automobiles in general.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Despite years of the industry downplaying data harvesting as simple telematics analysis that can be used to help troubleshoot designs and establish better maintenance routines, it has been revealed that modern automobiles likely have the worst user privacy practices imaginable. That’s not the case today.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Toyota, in Open Road Blog , the official Blog of Toyota responding to NY Times Columnist Thomas Friedman's Et Tu, Toyota? Such grid-connected options, which would lower automobiles' role in global warming, pollution and petroleum dependence, may be inevitable, but the automakers' self-interest remains postponing that day.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

It is now Vietnam’s largest corporate entity by far — with loads of global business partners, an insatiable appetite for growth, and serious political influence. That said, VinFast has actually managed to build and sell automobiles — which is already further than most new automakers make it.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 4, 2007

Why are even the smartest journalists unable to get beyond the hype when it comes to automobiles and alternative fuels? On March 29, Pogue blogged about The Future of Hydrogen Cars. On March 29, Pogue blogged about The Future of Hydrogen Cars. His blog only once before (in my quick search) discussed alternative fuels for cars.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As there also seems to be no government oversight pertaining to corporate monopolies anymore, businesses can effectively expand into all sorts of directions that would have previously been chided for being anti-competitive. "By

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 15, 2023

The situation has even led to the right-to-repair movement advocating for purchasers of devices and equipment (including automobiles) to freely modify and repair products — occasionally resulting in localized legislation protecting consumer rights. Having purchased a product seems as though it should be the threshold.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 25, 2024

For all the effort put into emissions regulations, they arguably haven’t resulted in better automobiles. The real issue is likely not which group is trying to influence policy but rather the fact that it’s happening on a corporate and/or political level.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 31, 2023

Despite hearing corporate and government actors praise the merits of electrification for years, a sobering reality appears to be taking hold. Despite boasting exquisite torque delivery and the ability to benefit from at-home charging, the public is beginning to doubt their status as economical and environmentally sound transportation.

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2007

A nd thanks to the Energy Blog , here is another announcement from a consortium consisting of Misubishi and GS Yuasa. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Corporation intends to enter the battery manufacturing business and aims to create other related businesses as well.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 10, 2023

There’s even a new-and-improved parallel parking helper and optional 360-degree camera system if you’re totally helpless behind the wheel of an automobile. Wider and taller than the standard Ranger, the pickup comes with aggressive fender flares and ditches the Blue Oval for an elongated grill with the corporate name worked into the plastic.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 1, 2024

While the concept does have some sound safety advice, such as keeping cyclists, pedestrians, and automobiles isolated from one another, it also champions a future where private vehicle ownership is kept to a minimum. Image: Tada Images/Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 16, 2024

Lamborghini has broken its own sales record by delivering over 10,000 automobiles in 2023. The premise is that they’re different from mainstream automobiles and should be treated as such. “We Sales were primarily driven by the Urus, with 6,087 vehicles delivered, and the Huracán, boasting 3,962 units.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 19, 2023

One of the things that was very clear [in the merger of PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles] was that we had some engines that were not performing well on our C02 road map," he said. "We Keep in mind that the merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group that created Stellantis has only upped the European influence.&

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But they’ve become increasingly commonplace among regulators, with corporate lobbying groups often in perfect sync with government policies. As MSRPs have risen in recent years, due to rampant inflation and corporate greed. That said, public concerns have lingered about the true efficacy of these systems.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Most days, most cars are going to have lots of extra battery capacity,” said Mr. Kempton, noting that on average, American automobiles get driven for just one hour each day. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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Driivz

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Although the technology has existed for a while, it must be supported by the charging equipment, the EV charging network’s management software, and optionally by the automobile manufacturer. First name * Last name * Company name * Corporate Email *. Conclusion. If this all sounds complicated, it is. Contact us to learn more.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

I’ve been eagerly reading the flurry of blog entries and ongoing speculation on the MINI E. Woodcliff Lake, NJ - October 18, 2008… The BMW Group will be the world’s first manufacturer of premium automobiles to deploy a fleet of some 500 all-electric vehicles for private use in daily traffic.

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Plug In Partners

MARCH 1, 2006

The Grist Magazine blog has posted the complete speech here. The Defense Department will also hold a competition where private corporations get funding to see who can build the best new alternative-fuel plant. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) delivered a major speech on energy independence yesterday.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ). When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Red Herring ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photos: GM, Segway purr about PUMA Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNETs Green Tech blog. In the Hawkins Electrical Guide, copy right 1928, there is a entire chapter on electric Automobiles. The PUMA looks like it might sell well in university and corporate campuses and those large empty subdivisions in SoCal and Vegas.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

House of Representatives that would prevent California from receiving federal waivers to set standards limiting the sale of gasoline-driven automobiles. On Tuesday, the White House voiced its opposition to a Republican bill scheduled to be voted on by the U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

But the court sided with the Golden State, which is now seeing another waiver that would allow it to ban the sale of combustion-powered automobiles by 2035.& Assertions have been made that the executive branch has leveraged the Clean Air Act to illegally encourage regulators to “restructure the automobile industry” from top to bottom.

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