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Volvo enhances mobile app to support V60 plug-in hybrid

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Features include checking whether the car is secure (if not, users can lock the doors remotely), locating the vehicle on a map (useful if you've parked in an unfamiliar city), see fuel level, average mpg, mileage and trip meter data, plus basic maintenance details such as bulb faults, and brake fluid, oil and coolant levels. Car in motion.

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Ford and Automatic Labs working together to support connected-car solutions

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The app will display actual mpg for all trips; detect fill-ups; and track local gas prices. While Automatic’s device has been available in Apple and Best Buy stores since last year, this is the first time the company has teamed up with an auto manufacturer to experiment with its in-vehicle entertainment and communications system.

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Road Test: 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE Mild Hybrid

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A 48V lithium-ion battery is replenished through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. liter mild hybrid has an EPA rating of 19 mpg city/25 highway and 21 combined. There is no plug on the Range Rover to recharge the battery.

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Ford unveils new 2015 Focus four-door sedan; 1.0L EcoBoost with start/stop comes to US model

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Android and iOS smartphone users can download more than 60 AppLink-enabled apps from the Apple App Store and Android market. It uses a low inertia turbocharger, split cooling system and direct fuel injection to deliver high levels of performance. For Europe, as announced last year, the Focus 1.0-liter l/100 km (54.7

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Ford reveals redesigned 2015 Ford Focus with 1.0L EcoBoost engine option

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Android and iOS smartphone owners can download more than 60 AppLink-enabled apps from the Apple App Store and Android market. Ford EcoBoost engines can deliver significantly better fuel economy than larger-displacement gasoline engines. For Europe, as announced last year, the Focus 1.0-liter l/100 km (54.7

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Mitsubishi shows XR-PHEV concept at LA Show

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This allows the vehicle to supply enough electricity to power the typical household’s domestic appliances for a full day from energy stored within the main-drive lithium-ion battery pack and up to a maximum of 10 days when the engine (with a full tank of gas) is used to recharge the energy supply within the main-drive lithium-ion battery pack.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

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To use Amazon Alexa, it is necessary to set up an Alexa account and download the app. To mark the opening of its latest “studio” in Corte Madera in Marin County, just north of San Francisco, it invited Clean Fleet Report to come to see the store and test drive the Grand Touring model, which is slotted just above the Touring reviewed above.