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Road Test: 2023 Maserati Grecale Modena Mild Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The 12-way heated and ventilated power sport seats, carbon fiber, piano black, satin-finished accents and the analog center-dash clock added posh touches. Check and check for the great looking and smelling 2023 Grecale Modena interior. The open pore wood trim, velour floor carpet, and leather almost everywhere are good places to start.

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2016 Optima midsize sedan gains new 1.6L engine

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The 2016 Optima is the first Kia to feature a panoramic sunroof support structure made with carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, which helps reduce weight and lower the vehicle’s center of gravity. A larger full floor under cover helps reduce wind noise and aid fuel efficiency.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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With its new architecture, use of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and premium mobility service offerings, the “ i3 marks the beginning of a new mobility age ,” said Dr. Reithofer. All the electricity used to produce the BMW i models at the Leipzig plant is wind-generated.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

You switch the mode on by dialing it up on the Ferrari’s dramatic steering wheel, which integrates a cool arc of LED lights on its carbon-fiber rim to cue drivers to shift. That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas.

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Road Test: 2023 Mazda CX-5 2.5 Turbo AWD

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Otherwise, the cabin is quiet with little wind or tire noise. The CX-5 Turbo interior is simple with an all-black color scheme and aluminum accents, steering away from faux wood or carbon fiber. What engine noise is heard, when accelerating hard, has a sporty note to it. The Signature trim gets nappa leather.

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Road Test: 2022 BMW i4 M50

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The i4 does come with an extensive list of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) standards, including rear cross-traffic alert, front collision warning, rear collision prevention, lane-keeping assist, lane-departure warning, adaptive cruise control, rear-collision prevention, rear cross-traffic alert, and blind-spot detection.

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