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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

The Truth About Cars

With the average vehicle now older than ever before and fewer people capable of spending the kind of money required to purchase a brand-new automobile, maintenance has become even more relevant. But that was nothing when we took time to examine Porsche and Land Rover.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

As a comparison , in 2011, there were only two battery electric and 29 hybrid electric vehicle models offered for sale in the US. Drivetrains Force Hard Choices "We are in the midst of a revolution, the ongoing digital redesign of the historically analog automobile," says Venkat N. Modify ICE or Go EV?

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Audi’s production electric e-tron quattro may set a new standard for vehicle handling; advanced vehicle dynamics control

Green Car Congress

Since those days, the industry has developed a large body of knowledge about the mechanistic explanations of the behavior of automobiles in response to the forces of movement. The engineers had made all the parts function excellently, but when put together the whole was seldom satisfactory.”.

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