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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive company to meet the demanding legal requirements of UN-R157 for a Level 3 system for conditionally automated driving. With the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017, Germany was the first country to create a legal basis for the intended use of these systems.

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News: 2023 Meyers Manx 2.0 Electric

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Trousdale Ventures, which acquired the Meyers Manx brand just before the Manx creator Bruce Meyers passed away in 2021, recently pulled the sheet off the all-new, all-electric Meyers Manx at a casual-but-posh event in Malibu. 1,650 pounds with the 40-kWh battery 0-60 mph, 4.5 Why Malibu? Why Malibu? The Meyers Manx 2.0

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Daimler-BYD JV unveils battery-electric DENZA at Auto China; 47.5 kWh pack; focus on safety

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DENZA is powered by an 86 kW (peak) motor that provides a maximum speed of up to 150 km/h (93 mph) and peak torque of 290 N·m. kWh lithium iron phosphate battery capacity, DENZA has a range of up to 300 km (186 miles). By also considering real life accident data, DENZA has gone further than these legal requirements.

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2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Review — Bada Bing

The Truth About Cars

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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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

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This 160-mile drive spotlighted the handling, driving characteristics and performance. In our mixed driving, which had significant motor regeneration due to mountain elevation and tight curves, we averaged 4 miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh). seconds and hit 88 mph before lifting. Don’t blink. The Air Touring has these warranties.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

Thomas is only 18 miles long, so range anxiety is not an issue. It was a Polaris GEM , it ran at 25 miles per hour (mph). There was no NEV legislation on the books that made it legal,” White said. “I It went up to 50 mph.”. The new chapter’s first official event was an EV version of a poker run.

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Study Concludes That Higher Speed Limits in US Have Resulted in a 3.2% Increase in Road Fatalities

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The repeal of the federal speed control law in 1995 that restricted the maximum speed limit to 55 mph on all interstate roads in the US has resulted in an increase in road fatalities and injuries, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. That tragic event has led to a whole foreign policy.