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As Development Alters Greek Islands’ Nature and Culture, Locals Push Back

Baua Electric

You used to see farm buildings, dry stone walls — there was a harmony to the landscape,” said Mr. Chrysogelos, a Sifnos native. They arrive, they load up their Cayennes or Jeeps or Hummers, and they lock themselves away,” he said of the tourists. Now you see roads, hotel complexes, high walls. It could be Dubai or Athens.”

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Levante Trofeo

Clean Fleet Report

Acceleration is strong and builds as you glide through the gears with a good throttle pedal feel. The design is just different enough that it is easily differentiated from its closest competitors—the BMW X5, Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S and the Porsche Cayenne. Clicking into a lesser drive mode of Normal or I.C.E. A smooth design.

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Prototype test drive: Lucid Gravity might defy segments

Baua Electric

Here’s what I learned after an ever-so-brief stint behind the wheel of an early alpha build prototype before it headed to the crusher. As I opened the door to the alpha build Gravity prototype, which was a suspension and platform mule, the car didn’t wake up. I opened the door a second time and the Lucid came to life.

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Volkswagen launches new Passat GTE plug-in hybrid in Europe

Green Car Congress

In terms of the brand, the Passat GTE is a basic building block in Volkswagen’s electric motoring strategy. Together with the plug-in hybrids from Audi (A3 e-tron, Q7 e-tron and R8 e-tron) and Porsche (Cayenne S E-Hybrid and Panamera S E- Hybrid), Volkswagen AG now has ten models in its portfolio driven wholly or partially on electric power.

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