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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

They’re a big improvement on the Ioniq 5’s slightly cheap looking and feeling doors. There are talking points galore – from digital mirrors to the incredible rear light show – but most will start conversations about the body styling. The post Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review appeared first on EV Central.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

Those reviewers who whine about the Mitsubishi Mirage's lack of horsepower (I say it's a good-enough car with an excellent warranty for the money, or at least the last one I reviewed was ) should consider the engine in this car. market four-door Justys with four-wheel-drive by that time. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

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Wireless Worries Overshadow Triumphs of RF Research

Cars That Think

IEEE Spectrum carried out its conversation with Foster by email to find out more about why RF exposure assessment research has been such a success, what makes RF dosimetry so difficult, and why public worries about health and wireless radiation never seem to go away. Frank should have relied on more careful reviews by health agencies.

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A closer look at axial flux motors

Charged EVs

In Issue 49, we reviewed some of the more promising advancements in materials and construction techniques for EV traction motors , one of which—the axial flux design—will be the focus of this article. There’s a bewildering number of ways to construct a motor, so a brief review of the nomenclature might be helpful.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. I was reviewing a government report a few weeks ago, and it said, “Lawyers are going to disappear in 10 years.” And it’s really cheap.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

Want the latest EV news and reviews deliverd to your inbox? The B2 (a cousin to the B1 wagon) hasn’t been completely killed off and in 2023 the company said “engineers are once again working on developing the SUV and pickup” The B2 wasn’t looking like being cheap despite the simplicity of its aluminium body.

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