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Jeep Gifts Wrangler Updates to Gladiator

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Roughly 60 trails are part of a no-cost standard pack (including the so-called Trails of Honor – think big guns like some in Moab and the Rubicon itself) but owners can get access to more than 3,000 trails if they pony up $40 a year. And yes, after the info is downloaded, it can be used in the sticks with no cell service.

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Charged Up: The 2024 Dodge Charger is Finally Here

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The new Hurricane twin-turbo inline six-cylinder engines will be part of the picture, as well. The extra horsepower on the R/T and Scat Pack models come from stage kits that will be standard at launch but will later need to be purchased separately. The Charger won't only be available in all-electric models. Dodge is quoting a 3.3-second

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

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These four main kits are now joined by the all-new Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten (“Modular Electric Drive kit”, or MEB), being developed by the Volkswagen brand. Senger said that part of the MEB is the creation of a full domain architecture for the vehicle electronics. Earlier post.) The charging will improve.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

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The panels get some afternoon shade by parts of the roof and chimney pots. . Or in other words they only generate electricity for part of the day and that time changes with the season and the power output is also determined by the strength of the daylight. . The inverter is the most important part of the system.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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Fourteen of the 25 experiments are Ford-led research projects, and 11 are part of the company’s Innovate Mobility Challenge Series. Info Cycle, Palo Alto, California. Engineers are working to develop sensor kits based on Ford OpenXC that gather information from bicycles and other common forms of transportation in urban areas.

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VW BUDD-e EV concept makes US auto show debut; 233-mile range based on EPA cycle; next-gen connectivity and HMI

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The first component, Active Info Display, is a freely programmable instrument cluster located in front of the driver; the second is a head unit which was once a separate screen for the infotainment system. In addition, the main points and content can also be swapped between the Active Info Display and the head unit.

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Volkswagen unveils BUDD-e electric van concept at CES; first VW based on new Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB)

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The first component, Active Info Display, is a freely programmable instrument cluster located in front of the driver; the second is a head unit which was once a separate screen for the infotainment system. In addition, the main points and content can also be swapped between the Active Info Display and the head unit.

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