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Successful run across the US on 37.6 gallons of 100% NEXBTL renewable diesel; 66.7 mpg w/ average speed 67.7 mph

Green Car Congress

mph/109 km/h). The result was a car that maintains all of its power and handling of a racecar, yet is still street legal. Golden Gate started selling NEXBTL renewable diesel to its fleet customers the San Francisco area in 2013. liter TDI diesel engine. miles per gallon (3.52

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

The automakers will include traffic-jam-assist, where the driver presses a button to have the vehicle self-drive at up to 30 mph during stop-and-go traffic. Long term, these types of two-seat 25-mph vehicles could be ideal for shuttling people from rail and transit centers to work in cities. A steering wheel only because they had to.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Lucid set-up a mini drag strip, where after some expert instruction on how to use the launch control, we did 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds and hit 88 mph before lifting. Acceleration is beyond what can be safely and legally used on the local roads and freeway we traversed, but the precision of the handling was also evident.