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Porsche presents 3D-printing technology for bucket seats

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That’s why personalized seat shells customised for the driver have been standard in race cars for a long time now. As a next step, street-legal “3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seats” in three different firmness levels and colors will be available ex-works from the Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur from mid-2021. Source: Porsche.

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GM Proposes Electric Car Plug Standard - GoodCleanTech

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In order for plug-in electric vehicles to become part of the mainstream, a plug-in ecosystem must be in place when vehicles like the Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle hit the market," GM said on its company FastLane blog. Comments that contain personal attacks or profanity may be edited or removed.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win!

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Mercedes-Benz previews next-generation intelligent safety and driver assistance systems; “sensor fusion”

Green Car Congress

The results of our accident research based on the data from the GIDAS (German In-Depth Accident Study) indicate that it could either prevent or lessen the severity of 27% of all accidents at road junctions resulting in personal injury. Legal considerations also mean there are no plans to introduce hands-free driving.

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