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Rental Review: The 2023 Chevrolet Malibu, Last Domestic Midsize Standing

The Truth About Cars

And after three days and some 700 miles behind the wheel of a 2023 example, your author has a few observations and a strong overall opinion on the very last domestic midsize sedan in production. After personal experience with many GM vehicles of sturdy and strong AC characteristics over the years, the Malibu isn’t one of them.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

Cars That Think

For electricity generation, this means the United States alone needs to increase renewable-energy capacities by 10 times over the next 12 years , which roughly translates to a mind-boggling 400,000 more wind turbines and 2.5 My personal experience confirmed those observations. billion more solar panels.

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How Zipline Designed Its Droid Delivery System

Cars That Think

Here’s what the delivery sequence with the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Zip and the Droid looks like: The system has a service radius of about 16 kilometers (10 miles), and it can make deliveries to outdoor spaces of “any meaningful size.” But the wind where the aircraft is may be different from the wind nearer the ground.

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

Green Car Congress

This year’s Index finds that 2017 marked the first time that a greater portion of California’s power mix came from renewable sources such as wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels. Vehicle miles travelled and GHG emissions from surface transportation per capita increased 0.5 vehicles per 100 persons in 2018. percent and 0.1

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

Cars That Think

They've been a boon to hard-working delivery persons during the pandemic (and their impatient customers), and commuters who don't care to be a sweaty mess when they arrive. Some electric bike companies claim up to 80 or even 100 miles of unassisted range, but expert riders say that would only be possible if most those miles were downhill.

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Kansas announces its first NEVI EV charging station locations

Baua Electric

(US 400) Belleville, Love’s, 1356 US Highway 81 (US 81) Pratt, Casey’s, 1900 E 1st St (US 400) The NEVI Formula program funds require EV charging stations to be available every 50 miles and within one travel mile of the Alternative Fuel Corridor. That’s mainly because the vast program is unprecedented. Get started here. –ad*

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Fortunately, the RAR planners concluded that there were about 700 Recreational Vehicle parks and KOA campgrounds located within 30 miles at each point along the cross-country route that could be used to provide a 240-VAC, 50-Amp source (about 40 Amps continuous charging current) that was compatible with a NEMA 14-50R connector.