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Mercedes-AMG 2L, turbo four-cylinder pushes out up to 421 hp, 500 Nm

Green Car Congress

With an output of up to 310 kW (421 hp), the completely newly developed Mercedes-AMG 2.0-liter M 139 engine is the world’s most powerful turbocharged four-cylinder engine in series production. With this engine, Mercedes-AMG has even exceeded the previously most powerful M 133 by 30 kW (41 hp). Maximum torque has also increased from 475 to up to 500 N·m.

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This Is Going To Make It Hard To Reconcile

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I am the firstborn child of Mary Brigid O’Connor and Stanley Daniel Galliani. I was born in September of 1957. On New Year’s Day 1982 we parted company in anger with my father yelling at me, “Get out! Get out, and don’t come back!”. I told him then, “Don’t say it if you don’t mean it. You know the history of our family!”. To which he replied, “Get the hell out of my house!

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Hanyang team develops new Li-metal battery for EV operating conditions; outperforms LMBs in the literature

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Researches at Hanyang University in Seoul, S. Korea, have developed a Li-metal battery (LMB) (specifically, a Li/NCM battery) designed with EV operating requirements in mind that they say outperforms LMBs reported in the literature to date. The new LMB is capable of fast charging while delivering a high energy density. Their open-access paper appears in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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Automakers partner up for EVs, write to Trump, and go airless: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which automakers banded together to put more electric cars in their lineups? What new tires did General Motors say it aims to put on its upcoming shared electric cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 7, 2019. This week the news was mostly about cooperation among.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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SEAT introduces the Mii Electric city car in first salvo of electric offensive

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SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, has begun its EV offensive by introducing the Mii Electric city car in Oslo. Pre-sales of the SEAT Mii electric—touted by SEAT as one of the most affordable EVs offered—will start in September. The Mii electric’s motor, linked to a single speed transmission, provides its 61kW (83PS) of power and 212 N·m of torque.

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