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Mid-Size Truck Demand, Drive Electric Week, Carbon Fiber Wheels: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Dealer orders indicate demand for smaller pickup trucks may be greater than carmakers anticipated, National Drive Electric Week will sing the praises of electric cars beginning next Monday, and carbon fiber wheels show promise as a way to improve efficiency. We start the week with a wide variety of topics.

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Road Test: 2023 McLaren GT

Clean Fleet Report

Unassuming Speed McLaren lets you know right away the GT is a serious driver’s car—the carbon fiber steering wheel is void of all buttons and controls for the audio, telephone and cruise control—meaning serious driving ahead. The 16-inch front and 15-inch rear midsize-pizza-like polished rotors are for the carbon ceramic brakes.

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Breakthrough in EV Battery technology

Electric Vehicles India

A group of researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology have developed a battery technology using carbon fibre which is ten times better than the battery technology which is currently being used in electric vehicles. The battery technology which they are claiming is told to be made completely of carbon fibre.

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2024 Dodge Durango Also Getting Limited Production 'Last Call' Editions

The Truth About Cars

Inside, the AlcHEMI yields yellow and silver stitching on the upholstery, some carbon-fiber accenting, and more specialized badging. Dodge said the MSRP would be $3,595 higher than that of a Dodge Durango SRT 392 premium model, so customers can expect to shell out roughly $90,000 before encountering any attempted dealer markups.

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“Mopar ‘23” Charger & Challenger Play Farewell Tour

The Truth About Cars

With a host of ‘Last Call’ and sundry variants on offer, not to mention a buying frenzy spurred by Dodge’s choice to list Charger and Challenger dealer allocation on a public website, the old-school muscle nameplates don’t really need another kick-in-the-pants special edition. Yet, here we are.

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Brammo unveils electric motorcycles Empulse And Empulse R

Green Car Congress

Through this financing, customers will be able to purchase the new Empulse and Empulse R from Brammo dealers as follows: Empulse: 8.9% Research conducted by Brammo with both customers and dealers has driven the development of the Empulse and Empulse R. for 72 months at $303, 6.9% financing for 60 month at $334 and 3.9% Empulse R: 8.9%

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Lightning Systems’ battery-electric Ford Transit on schedule for March deliveries; fuel cell range extender option

Green Car Congress

Installations and service are performed by Ford QVM upfitters and dealers around the world. The LightningElectric fuel cell range extender uses hydrogen stored onboard in high-tech carbon fiber-wrapped pressure vessels equipped with sensors. —Tim Reeser, CEO for Lightning Systems.

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