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Watch: How does world look like at 350 kmph? Inside view from Mercedes AMG One

Baua Electric

Mercedes AMG One is a stree-legal hypercar that is often referred to as the God of Speed. It uses plenty of carbon fibre elements to keep the weight in check, while at the same time making the car rigid. And while the exhaust notes are audaciously scrumptious, there is an excitable e-motor hum in the cabin throughout as well.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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To recap, software installed in the electronic control module (ECM) on the affected diesel vehicles detected when the car was undergoing official emissions testing. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG, Hans Dieter Pötsch, emphasized that no business transaction justifies overstepping legal and ethical bounds.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

Cars That Think

Everyone in the family feels physically and emotionally exhausted from his long decline. This article is adapted from the author’s new book , We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age (MIT Press, 2023). The story of Roman Mazurenko In 2015, Roman Mazurenko was hit and killed by a car in Moscow. Your father appears.

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Tata AutoComp’s ‘Make in India’ push for EVs | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Tesla was rapidly expanding its reach and portfolio, and the Volkswagen Group — hurt from the ‘diesel gate’ scandal — had committed huge resources to pivot to electric cars. EVs account for over a quarter of our business, and the order book is swelling.” The idea took shape when the EV momentum was picking up globally.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. By the mid-1980s, three quarters of the cars manufactured in Brazil were capable of running on sugarcane-based hydrous ethanol. 40 CFR § 80.27

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Like electric cars, electric bicycles are classified as zero-emission vehicles, meaning they emit no exhaust gases. Like electric cars, electric bicycles are classified as zero-emission vehicles, meaning they emit no exhaust gases. Moreover, making an electric bicycle uses far less energy than making an electric car.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. And I’m careful about choosing these fights because they’re very exhausting. No, but I knew who they were and they wrote the books and they lived in L.A. I want it to be all of California. And this is boring.

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