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Audi Q3 undercover agent pictures, UK ICE oppose: Automobile Information Headlines

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The UK is ready to thrust back its oppose at the sale of fresh cars powered purely through an internal-combustion engine. You’ll to find those tales and extra in these days’s automobile information, proper right here at Motor Authority.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next. Consumer Reports has concluded its annual car reliability survey and the resulting data for 2023 has not been kind to all-electric vehicles.

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Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA) Chrysler Brand will launch two plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) over the next several years, said Al Gardner, President and CEO of the Chrysler Brand, during the FCA Investor Day presentations at Auburn Hills, Mi. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. —Bob Lee.

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OPINION Volvo did one thing very canny with the pricing of the EM90

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818,000 yuan (112,000 USD) is whole insanity, taking into consideration EM90 is basically only a rebadged Zeekr 009 with a elegant internal and entrance and rear adjustments. The fee for international markets hasn’t been introduced but. Zeekr 009 begins at 500k yuan (68,500 USD) in China. How does Volvo plan to justify this charge?

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EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

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The detailed data supporting the report were obtained directly from automobile manufacturers. The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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National Research Council Study Finds That Available Technologies Can Result in Significant Fuel Savings for Passenger Vehicles Over the Next 15 Years, But at Higher Purchase Prices for Consumers

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Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and other light-duty vehicles over the next 15 years without compromising vehicle performance or safety, according to a new report by the National Research Council.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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4, 1921 Birthplace Baku, Azerbaijan Height 178 cm Family Wife, Fay; children, Stella and Norman Education BSEE, University of Tehran, 1942; MSEE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946; PhD, Columbia University, 1949 First job Design and analysis of defense systems, International Electronics Corp., Zadeh Date of Birth Feb.