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Up close with the Rivian R2: Even better in-person [Gallery]

Baua Electric

One thing I noticed right away was that the color of this R2 looks different at just about every angle, depending on how the light was hitting it. I was so-so on the rims based on pictures and videos I’d seen online, but I actually thought they looked pretty sick in person. This made it really hard to take pictures. Bye, bye, Model Y.

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Kia to present SEED Car concept for smart electric urban mobility at CES 2019

Green Car Congress

Kia will present a potential solution for smart-city mobility at CES 2019 with its SEED Car concept. The concept has been designed to make urban driving easy, fun and safe, while exploring how Kia could make the final mile of any journey possible with a personal mobility device.

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Number of vehicles in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2006?

Green Car Congress

Distance driven per person reached a maximum in 2004. The present study analyzes corresponding changes in the number of vehicles during the same period. The focus is on vehicles per person, as opposed to the absolute number (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. population). population).

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Distances traveled on the road and in the air: 1970-2015

Green Car Congress

The present analysis examines the changes in passenger-distance traveled in both of these two transportation modes during a 45-year period from 1970 to 2015. Furthermore, the focus here is not on total distances but on distances per person, because the U.S. population increased by 57% during the period studied.

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BMW previews future 7 Series, battery-electric i7

Green Car Congress

A few weeks before its world premiere and during the BMW Group Annual Conference, Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG for Development, presented a few details about the coming new BMW 7 Series, including the new all-electric BMW i7. In April, BMW will unveil the BMW i7, featuring combined power consumption of19.7 – 18.9

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MINI unveils electric, autonomous Urbanaut concept

Green Car Congress

The MINI brand presented the MINI Vision Urbanaut—a digital concept vehicle intended to provide an example of MINI’s possible future directions. The MINI Vision Urbanaut uses three curated MINI moments—“Chill”, “Wanderlust” and “Vibe”—to present a wide range of possible usage scenarios.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Garage Lighting?

The Truth About Cars

.& Thanks to the scourge of so-called high-efficiency lighting – or perhaps it is age and eyesight which seem to be inversely proportional as I blast beyond my 43rd trip around the sun – it never seems to be bright enough in my garage. And when I say ‘recommended’, what I actually mean is ‘vehemently instructed’.

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