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FEV says new PHEV transmission ready for ‘sports car performance’

2014-04-15 17:02:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, SAE World Congress At the SAE World Congress in Detroit last week, FEV showed off what it calls an "innovative" new plug-in hybrid transmission. The reason for that moniker is that the system d...

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Read This: Is 120 miles just about perfect for EV range?

2014-04-15 04:56:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Toyota When it comes to battery-electric vehicles, our friend Brad Berman over at Plug In Cars says 40 miles makes all the difference in the world. That's the approximate difference in single-charge range between the battery-e...

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Official: 100 Tesla Model S hatchbacks to get NCE convertible conversions

2014-04-15 03:31:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Aftermarket, Convertible, China, Tesla, Electric The folks Newport Convertible Engineering have made a specialty out of taking coupes and sedans and converting them into convertibles. Sometimes this results in absolutely weird creations l...

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Study: Aluminum lightweighting does, in fact, save fuel

2014-04-14 23:59:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, Ford, Lightweight When the best-selling US truck sheds the equivalent weight of three football fullbacks by shifting to aluminum, folks start paying attention. Oak Ridge National Laboratory took a closer look at whet...

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Video: Leno’s steam-powered 1925 Doble E-20 is fascinating

2014-04-14 21:44:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Classics, Convertible, Technology, Videos The steam-powered car is considered an old-fashioned relic in today's age, but in his latest video showing off his 1925 Doble E-20, Jay Leno demonstrates that at its best, steam provided a realist...