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German EV Motor Could Break Supply-Chain Deadlock

Cars That Think

Among the customers for its motors and electric drive trains are Mercedes-Benz , BMW , and Jaguar Land Rover. If you are driving on the highway at 75 miles an hour, and then suddenly your whole system breaks down, what would happen? High speed is something like 75, 80, 90 miles an hour. Scharrer : BMW and Land Rover.

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Putting the “Utility” in Sport Utility Vehicle: Which Electric SUVs Perform Best Off-Road?

EV Life

sec 610 lb-ft 260-400 miles Performance AWD 665 hp 3.5 sec 829 lb-ft 352-400 miles Quad-Motor AWD 835 hp 3.0 sec 908 lb-ft 321 miles GMC Hummer EV The GMC Hummer is one of the most iconic all-terrain vehicles on the planet, and the new electric version certainly lives up to its name. Range Ocean Force E 550 3.6

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

Charged EVs

Instead, it’s aiming to build an authentic-truck brand among what we suspect are current buyers of Land Rovers, top-end GMCs and German luxury trucks. Rivian started its media drive on off-road trails, covering 60 miles and several hours at elevations of 9,000 to 12,000 feet. But Rivian isn’t really targeting those trucks.

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ZF opens passenger car transmission plant in the US; emphasis on 9-speed automatics

Green Car Congress

So far, ZF has invested around €300 million (US$399 million) in building the new location, which is around 130 kilometers (81 miles) north-west of Columbia. A total of approx. The 90,000-square-meter facility will be expanded to a total of around 130,000 square meters by 2016. Konstantin Sauer.

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Micro gas-turbine maker Bladon Jets raises 500K

Green Car Congress

Bladon Jets is working with car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover on the development. In the case of the Jaguar C-X75, the vehicle’s range is extended to 900 kilometers (559 miles) on a single tank of fuel by using the Bladon Jet micro gas turbines. — Bladon Jets finance director, Gary Lamb. Earlier post.).

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We always seem to hear that one coming from a mile away. Automotive.coms auto loan locator can help you get a lower new car finance rate. Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms."

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