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IIHS studies find most e-scooter rider injuries happen on sidewalk

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Operators were required to cap the top speed of e-scooters at 10 mph in DC beginning in January 2019, and sidewalk riding is prohibited in certain areas downtown.

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Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned!

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But to both prove my wife’s assessment of my mental acuity and test how thing have changed from that drive to the winery, I decided to do no planning AT ALL and just load up and drive with my only protection being a fully charged battery and faith that I’d done dumber things and survived. I kept up a speed around 75 mph, and all was good.

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New US Army Laboratory Will Support Next-Generation Ground Vehicles; Hybrid-Electric and Fuel Cell Configurations

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The Army contracted Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), which has operated the government-owned TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Laboratory in San Antonio for more than 50 years, to provide engineering support services for GSPEL. Working in conjunction with the wind simulator will be 10 electrically regenerative dynamometers.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Sequoia

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kilowatt-hour battery. That battery comes in handy during heavy acceleration or pulling a trailer up a long grade, something a non-hybrid powerplant can’t offer. The Sequoia had strong acceleration, with 0-60 mph times of 7.7 The 2023 Sequoia comes with these warranties: Battery – 10 years/150,000 miles.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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The final SuperTruck demonstrator ran a five-day, 312-mile (502-kilometer) roundtrip route on Texas Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Dallas, at a weight of 65,000 lbs (29,484 kg) GVWR at a speed of 65 mph (105 km/h), where it achieved an average result of 12.2 engine brake thermal efficiency. mpg (19.26

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Flash Drive: 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

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Standard Range Battery. 98 kilowatt-hour (kWh), liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery. 0 – 60 mph: 4.5 Extended Range Battery. 131 kWh, liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery. 0 – 60 mph: 5.0 Standard-Range Battery. Extended-Range Battery. F-150 Lightning Specifications. 452 horsepower (hp).

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