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Volvo Cars brings Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert to the US

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Volvo Cars is partnering with Waycare Technologies to enable data from Volvo’s Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert to be shared anonymously with transportation municipalities and the popular Waze navigation app. Waycare has plans to expand to other areas in the future. From 2020, all new Volvo cars are speed-limited at 112 mph.

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Rolls-Royce glides into the electrical future

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Aided via a fastback design and light-weight all-aluminum doorways — the biggest ever fitted on a Rolls — the Spectre delivers a mixed 584 hp and 664 pound-feet of torque. It clocks 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 The post Rolls-Royce glides into the electrical future appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. 25 drag coefficient.

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BMW provides first look at future BMW iX electric SAV; US launch in 2022

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With time still to go before expected US market launch in early 2022, and with the series development phase ongoing, BMW provided a first look ahead at the future BMW iX. The BMW iX is the first model based on a new, modular, scalable architecture on which the future of the BMW Group will be built.

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First drive review: 2022 Rivian R1T shines as the North Star of utility vehicles

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Around town, the traditional pickup truck style finds the future with LED light bars ringing the rounded edges of the truck. second 0-60 mph acceleration runs look effortless. The 2022 Rivian R1T electric pickup truck draws a lot of attention for a lot of reasons. On the road, it makes 3.0-second

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Daimler showcases semi-automated Mercedes-Benz Future Bus with CityPilot; driving 20 km BRT route

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Daimler is highlighting its development of the semi-automated Mercedes-Benz Future Bus with CityPilot. The technology of the CityPilot in the Mercedes-Benz Future Bus is based on that of the autonomously driving Mercedes-Benz Actros truck with Highway Pilot presented two years ago. Earlier post.). gigahertz (standard IEEE 802.11p).

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Argonne study identifying fuel consumption penalties for CNG use in conventional light-duty vehicles; optimization pathways

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Light-duty vehicle fuel economy penalties for CNG in conventional engines, with and without scaling for performance equivalence. seconds 0-60 mph), resulting in 145 kW of output, fuel economy dropped to 32.1 Source: ANL. Click to enlarge. up-sizing”) to deliver comparable performance to the gasoline-fueled version.

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Hyundai N Vision 74 hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Concept makes US debut

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The ‘Rolling Lab’ concept on which it is based is a testbed of future technologies seeking the highest level of emotional involvement for the driver. This concept reveals the Hyundai N sub-brand electrification vision, demonstrating its commitment to zero-emissions technologies. 800V Fast-charging capability. Tank Capacity. Fuel Cell Stack.

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