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EV News: A stellar 2022 concludes

Electric Auto Association

Kia, Acura, Audi, Hyundai, EV conversions, and more. Ford truck conversion. EV conversions Classic cars with a twist Racers and tinkerers convert vintage models to EVs. Buick Wildcat EV. GM EV sedan concept. The company’s EV sedan concept could be the Malibu EV. Kia EV9 SUV. Hyundai Kona. Mercedes EV.

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How Steele Auto Team grew to become social media into gross sales, for now not a lot cash

Baua Electric

The workforce at Steele Chevrolet-Buick-GMC-Cadillac confers frequently with Sellers United, brainstorming concepts for social media campaigns. Conversion/govern commercials pair the dealership’s stock commercials with shouts to motion, akin to filing a mode on Fb to time table a check power.

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SwRI develops D-EGR demonstrator highlighting fuel-efficient, cost-effective engine; 10% and above fuel economy improvements

Green Car Congress

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has built a demonstrator vehicle, based on a 2012 Buick Regal GS, incorporating the latest D-EGR (dedicated EGR) technology ( earlier post ), an outgrowth of SwRI’s HEDGE (High Efficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine) consortium projects ( earlier post ). In 2013, SwRI reported a 2.0-liter

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

Charged EVs

Buick, meanwhile, was vitally important for the Chinese market, where today more than four times as many Buicks are sold as in North America. Thus, the restructured GM was composed of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, while the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands died. The Task Force ultimately agreed.

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SwRI D-EGR gasoline demo vehicle delivers diesel efficiency at lower cost; potential for LEV III/Tier 3 emissions

Green Car Congress

D-EGR is a SwRI-developed gasoline engine concept that uses in-cylinder fuel reforming to produce CO and H 2 (with Research Octane Numbers of 106 and 130, respectively) and high levels of recirculated gas (EGR) to achieve very high levels of thermal efficiency. The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Audi A6 e-Tron – concept car points to sleek large luxury sedan powered only by electricity. Think again… Audi A9 e-Tron – the A8 limousine is headed to the car grave and in its place is a new all-electric (and partially autonomous) grand tourer showcased as the Grandsphere concept. Soon, apparently.

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Oak Ridge researchers pursuing in-cylinder reforming for control of advanced combustion

Green Car Congress

the conversion of liquid hydrocarbon fuel to a hydrogen- and CO-rich syngas—potentially for controlling combustion phasing in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and other forms of advanced combustion. The SwRI D-EGR demonstrator—a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter

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