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Ramming Speed: Meet the 2025 Ram RHO

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seconds, with the quarter-mile vanishing in 13.1 seconds at 105 miles. The fun cut offs at the claimed top speed of 118 mph. A Jounce Control system is here to "provide bottom-out control during the most extreme compression events" and all drive modes can provide "peak damping" for the same. Under the RHO's hood is a 3.0-liter

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Furtive eGT electric sports car hits 240 km/h on the Nordschleife; small production series for 2013

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The racing driver Sabine Schmitz has tested the battery-electric Furtive eGT sports car from Exagon Motors ( earlier post ) on the Nordschleife (north loop) of the NĂĽrburgring, achieving a top speed of nearly 240 km/h (149 mph) on the 20 kilometer long Nordschleife. 310 km (193 miles) over a combined cycle (NEDC standard).

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Mercedes-Benz to showcase pre-production version of coming GLC F-Cell fuel cell PHEV at IAA

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The combination of fuel cell and battery system—along with a further developed intelligent operating strategy—will offer a combined range of around 500 km (311 miles) in the NEDC. The only exhaust gas emitted was water vapor—1800 tonnes of it in all.

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UCLA, ARB, WVU measure on-road particle numbers for heavy-duty diesel and CNG trucks in California

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In a new study, a team from UCLA, with colleagues from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and West Virginia University, measured total particle number emission factors (PNEFs) from six newly certified heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) powered by diesel and CNG totaling over 6,800 miles of on-road operation in California. Click to enlarge.

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New diesel Volkswagen Golf GTD heading for the US; first driving impressions

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As a comparison, in 2007, the first-generation Golf BlueMotion (Volkswagen’s most fuel-efficient version) was regarded as having sensational gas mileage at 52 mpg—4 mpg worse than the new GTD, which has 79 more horsepower and is 25 mph faster. seconds and also accelerates from 50 to 75 mph in fifth gear in 7.5 Click to enlarge.

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

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In 240 miles driving around Southern California we averaged 23 mpg, but in a 100-mile run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we averaged 31.2 ZR is a speed rating, which in this case means the tire can handle speeds surpassing 150 mph. Zero-to-60 mph times were right around 5.0 Good grip from the rear.

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2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Review — Bada Bing

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An ungodly amount of traffic and roadworks further lowered my spirits en route to the driving event. Full disclosure: Alfa Romeo invited me to a drive event in Lake Orion, Michigan, where I was offered a delicious-looking Italian lunch that I declined. Meanwhile, the total driving range should be somewhere around 320 miles.

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