The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

On International Women’s Day, the Kia EV9 was announced as the “Supreme Winner” of the Women's Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY) 2024. These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.”

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 8, 2023

In particular, BMW was on the mind of all domestic manufacturers in the Eighties as yuppies pursued status and Ultimate Driving Machine pleasure. Further British usage included the Invicta S1 , a badly made sports luxury coupe offered between 2004 and 2012. The S1 was the last vehicle in production anywhere to use an InTech engine.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

million contract modification to apply the technology in its thermoelectric generator (TEG) for passenger cars to a similar program for heavy vehicles. The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. Passenger car TEG.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2016

Electric-car advocates are often passionate, with memories long enough to remember GM's 2004 destruction of its pioneering fleet of EV1 electric cars.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. A survey of the sustainability performance of 17 of the world’s leading automakers has found a mixed pattern when it comes to the sustainability performance of most of the car manufacturers. Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders.

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Drive Electric

OCTOBER 29, 2023

.” Drive Electric will soon be recruiting some new directors from the membership and will make a new Chair appointment before the end of the year.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. The average MY 2013 adjusted fuel economy for cars is 27.6 l/100 km)—a 0.5

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MAY 12, 2014

Top spot went to Volkswagen Group, followed by Daimler, BMW, GM and Toyota. Daimler followed in second place, then BMW Group, GM and Toyota. CAM also selected Mercedes-Benz as the most innovative brand; BMW came in second, followed by Volkswagen, Audi and Ford. Dr. Stefan Bratzel, who founded the institute in April 2004.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

Distribution of energy in the car. BMW dedicated a portion of its recent Innovation Days 2009 event to the topic of Intelligent Heat management as a mechanism for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. Studies show that customers park their car for more than 16 hours in a row only in 12% of cases. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 9, 2010

An analysis by Bosch, using new car registration data provided by R.L determined that for the 12-month period beginning January 2009, when both diesel and gasoline engine options were offered as options in a car, about 30% of the registrations had diesel engines. BMW 335d: 8%. BMW X5 xDrive x35d: 17%. Polk & Co.,

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Pike’s Contenders category includes BMW; PSA. Europe is the world’s biggest market for clean diesel cars, with around 7.3 million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. The company has long. PSA Peugeot Citroën. General Motors. Renault-Nissan. Fiat-Chrysler.

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MAY 5, 2021

Ford motors is always known for their higher standards and the first Electric Car from Ford Motors was released in the year of 2009. Now, Ford and BMW together funded around $130 Million in a solid-state battery start-up named Solid Power and it also plans to open a new battery lab called Ford Ion Park with a team of 150 experts.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

The final six cars in the running for the World Green Car Award have been named as the BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics, the Chevrolet Volt, the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell, the Nissan LEAF and the smart electric drive. Part of the World Car Awards established in 2004, the final winner will be [.].

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AUGUST 6, 2012

to alert for an out-of-sight braking event, e.g., smaller car in front of larger van as illustrated) as part of the sim TD trials. The project’s goal is to better understand the potential for car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication technologies to improve traffic safety and personal mobility. Click to enlarge.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Hyundai, Mahindra, Chevrolet, BMW, and Renault are among the companies producing revolutionary electric automobiles today. When it comes to the conventional innovation of electric cars, many people deserve recognition. The cars were powered by a 72-volt lead-acid battery.

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MARCH 5, 2015

The first design win for EyeQ4 in series production has been secured for a global premium European car manufacturer for production to start in early 2018. Mobileye’s EyeQ chip and algorithms have been integrated into new car models since 2007. The first million-chip celebration took place in the middle of 2012. million vehicles.

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JULY 12, 2015

Carbon Revolution first began delivering composite wheels in 2004 for Formula SAE campaigns. The company now is producing its “CR-9” wheel series in limited numbers for Porsche, BMW M3, Audi R8, Lamborghini and McLaren MP4-12C within Europe, Japan and North America. Ford, however, wanted more of a mass-production solution.

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MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. BMW X5 xDrive 40e. Volvo Cars’ engine strategy.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

The title of WhatGreenCar Car of the Year 2009 has been awarded to the ‘next generation’ Toyota Prius, due to be launched in the UK on 1 st August 2009. The new Prius was chosen from a short-list of 10 green car finalists which were test-driven at Imperial College, London, by six of the UK’s leading green transport and environmental experts.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi is systematically driving forward the electrification of its cars with both high-voltage, electric drive e-tron models as well as lower voltage mild hybrids. The concept study offers sports car-like performance. During boosting, the driver can draw temporarily on 370 kW and more than 800 N·m (590.0 lb-ft) of torque.

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