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Owners of aging Teslas, this new bespoke warranty plan is for you

Baua Electric

The Bay Area startup Amber, founded early last year, worked with EV technicians, experts, and driver communities to design vehicle service contracts for EVs. Amber designs, underwrites, and provides AmberCare plans, as well as reviews and reimburses claims in-house. Amber also announced the close of its $3.18

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Guidestar was never made available in the flagship Aurora, likely because the dash design was finalized long before Guidestar was ready for production. Additionally, portable offerings like Garmin came to market and would continually undercut the cost of in-car navigation packages. It was available on all three models for 1996.

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Backcountry Skiing Is Booming in the Northeast. But Can It Survive?

Baua Electric

Early last February, at the Mount Washington Backcountry Ski Festival in New Hampshire, the organizers faced an increasingly common problem: Terrible snow. Add in the rising cost of lift tickets at resorts and an increased desire for solitude fueled by the pandemic, and you get a spike in interest.

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Event: Ford Bronco Sport Off-Roadeo

Clean Fleet Report

Leaving the Pavement: Bronco Off-Roadeo Ford hosts Bronco Sport Off-Roadeo programs in Austin, Texas; Gilford, New Hampshire, and where we went through the program—Moab, Utah. The exterior design will be recognizable wherever you drive. Our road tests are based on this one-week drive of a new vehicle.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

Green Car Congress

The 27 projects range from concept studies and component design research to prototype development and in-water device testing. Lee, New Hampshire) will design and optimize a rugged submersible generator capable of coupling to a broad range of tidal and river current turbines, for use in a wide range of operational conditions.

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

Clean Fleet Report

This impressive aerodynamic C d number is reached by the car’s “Electrified Streamliner” design that incorporates external air flaps and an air curtain on the front lower fascia, a wheel gap reducer on the front fenders, a cover running the full length of the underside and the rear spoiler with winglets.

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