Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Ten years ago, at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trial event near Miami, I watched the most advanced humanoid robots ever built struggle their way through a scenario inspired by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Totes are standardized containers that warehouses use to store and transport items.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

We drove the 500e through Miami traffic for three hours last week, giving us a chance to sample one of its strong points: quick cut-and-thrust urban driving. Sadly, we weren’t able to test whether the new 500e retains the entertaining and delightful handling of its predecessor, the 2013-2019 500e, which was sold only in California and Oregon.

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MPH Miami Charging Range 52

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

0:00 / 2:36 To hell with gas, drive this Meeting fuel efficiency standards Besides the obvious public relations value - and there will be a ton of that - electric cars like the Circuit could help Chrysler meet stricter fuel economy standards. said that Chrysler "will struggle to meet proposed fuel-efficiency standards."

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Chrysler 2009 Dodge Circuit Electric Cars 32