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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

Farther down the line are somewhat newer Defender body panels waiting to be refurbished, hand-sanded, and then covered with Ferrari-quality. s electric conversions spends about 100 days moving through 20 discrete shop bays, where it undergoes about 2,200 person-hours of meticulous restoration. Each of E.C.D.’s

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Nostalgic Beach Supplies, Egg Cups and More

Baua Electric

As a kid in the ’80s, I loved climbing the massive sand dunes at nearby Jockey’s Ridge State Park and fishing at Cape Hatteras. So I was excited to learn that this month, Steidl will publish a book of images the photographer Joel Sternfeld took in Nags Head in the summer of 1975. For another visual treat, there’s D.S.

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Escape PHEV Titanium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

Running on 87 octane, the front wheels (all-wheel drive is not available) are driven through a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) that has five driver selectable drive modes of Eco, Normal, Sport, Slippery and Snow/Sand. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA , rates fuel economy at 40 highway when running in gasoline mode only.

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