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Drive Notes: 2024 Acura Integra Type S

The Truth About Cars

Speed rarely comes cheap, and this test car started at $50,800. The total price with D and D rang the register at $55,971 Enough setup, let's get on with the pros and cons. This car blends better -- though one person did give me the thumbs up as I loaded the hatch with provisions procured at my local grocery store.

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Stuff We Use: Garage TV Setups

The Truth About Cars

Which is why an affordable flatscreen television and a cheap FireStick (or similar) with which to connect to the internet has become a staple in this gearhead’s attached garage. This means that a person can call up the aforementioned YouTube helpful tutorial and follow along whilst handling the brake job on that Elantra.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. Eronen says. “It

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This dual-steering wheel electric go-kart looks like a fun little divorce on wheels

Baua Electric

Just make sure you get your cheap thrills in quickly. One of my favorite features though is the “drift button”, which I have no idea how it works but it just sounds too cool to pass up. The best part of this whole endeavor though, as it often is, proves to be the price.

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union. BYD alone sold 1.6 million fully battery-electric vehicles last year, coming close to Tesla’s 1.8

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Dash Cam?

The Truth About Cars

& This particular unit is one of the brand’s most popular, thanks to its easily digestible price. The cam’s 1080p HD video quality is what one would expect, no better or worse than others in its price range, and its 140-degree viewing angle is not far off what most humans see whilst looking forward.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit combined with some optimistic assertions made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , many roboticists tuned in to the event livestream (or attended in person) to see what Tesla’s approach to humanoid robotics would turn out to be. How often does it fall down?

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