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Retractable car cover claimed to gain miles of EV range each day

Green Car Reports

For electric cars, garages, and everything in, there's plenty of room for some creative ideas. One such idea was introduced in February by the French company Armor, and as reported in PV Magazine, makes the solar cells part of a.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XVIX)

The Truth About Cars

Since then, I discovered this April 1957 edition of The Cadillac Serviceman , GM’s in-house magazine publication for its dealer service centers. & Recall the original idea of Eldorado was as a halo convertible. There’s no evidence to suggest any special limited editions were issued as part of this 50th anniversary.&

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part I)

The Truth About Cars

The tale begins in 1966, with a genius idea. The idea behind this was a network of buried magnets underneath each major intersection in the nation. & GM went as far as to publish ads for the system in magazines as late as September of 1967. But what happened to Guidestar that led it to be featured here at Abandoned History

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Tesla trifecta dominates Consumer Reports’ list of most satisfying cars on the market

Teslarati

The idea behind the magazine’s survey was simple: would car owners buy their current vehicles again if given the chance? Elon Musk, for his part, appears to be pleased with the results of Consumer Reports’ Annual Auto Survey, with the CEO giving the magazine a thumbs up on Twitter.

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Think electric car named top idea of the year

Green Cars News

Electric carmaker, Think is celebrating its city EV being named as one of the ‘100 best ideas of the year’. Spanish magazine Actualidad Económica, a leader in the fields of economics and business dubbed the electric vehicle as one of the top ideas of the year as part of its annual awards. Presenting the [.].

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GE VC Firms Announce $200M Open Innovation Challenge to Accelerate Power Grid Technology Through Open Collaboration

Green Car Congress

GE announced a $200-million open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. Over the course of 10 weeks, entrants will be able to submit their ideas via ecomagination.com.

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Select Electric Motor Show brings future tech into focus at British Motor Show in 2021

Drive EV

We’re delighted today to announced the Select Electric Motor Show as part of our enhanced plans, which we truly believe will deliver the best automotive event of 2021 and firmly put the British Motor Show on the global calendar.”. driveEV is the UK's only online magazine dedicated to electric cars.