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Dodge is Offering a Stout Discount On the 2025 Durango Hellcat

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liter V8 makes 710 horsepower and 645 pound-feet of torque, pushing it to 60 mph from a standstill in 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 180 mph. I won’t be buying one, but I’m on board with Dodge’s willingness to throw its rowdy V8 into a family vehicle, and I’m sad to see it going away. Its supercharged 6.2-liter

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Green Deals: Hover-1’s Blackhawk electric scooter goes nearly 19 MPH at a low of $450, more

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Today only, as part of its Deals of the Day , Best Buy is offering the Hover-1 Blackhawk Electric Kick Scooter for $449.99 With a 350W brushless motor, it can propel you at up to 18.6 MPH for upwards of 26 miles before it’s time to recharge. Ratings are still rolling in here , but Hover-1 is well-reviewed overall.

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Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile win grant for development of first FMVSS-compliant autonomous shuttle bus in US

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The city of Houston is set to receive the first Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Buy America-compliant mid-size autonomous bus in the US. Jointly developed by Phoenix Motorcars and EasyMile , the EZ Zeus self-driving bus will be deployed in real-life traffic conditions.

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Hyundai Motor Group Previews Integrated Snow Chain Tech

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Hyundai Motor Group have introduced a novel snow chain that’s integrated directly into the tire. From Hyundai Motor Group: The snow chain-integrated tire technology consists of a wheel and tire assembly that feature radial grooves at regular intervals, like a pizza, with modules made of shape memory alloy inserted into these channels.

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2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Upgrade unlocks power for $995

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On Tuesday, Ford announced a Performance Upgrade for the 2024 Mustang Mach-E GT that increases torque and drops the electric crossover’s 0-60 mph and quarter-mile times. seconds and 0-60 mph sprint of 3.8 A new in-house-designed motor and thermal changes were swapped in for 2024 as well. seconds down to 11.8 seconds and 3.3

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Company Creates Bolt-On DeLorean EV Conversion Kit

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liters, the motor produced a modest 130 horsepower and pushed the gull-winged coupe to 60 mph in a little under 10 seconds. This fact often came up when my childhood friends and I argued about whether or not the model shown in Back to the Future could actually achieve 88 mph within the convenience of an empty parking lot.

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Daimler starts production of new smart fortwo electric drive; buy or lease the vehicle, rent the battery

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With its 55 kW electric motor (from EM-motive, Daimler’s JV with Bosch, earlier post ), the smart fortwo electric drive accelerates from 0 - 60 km/h (0-37 mph) in 4.8 seconds, with a maximum speed of 125 km/h (78 mph). Daimler has invested more than €200 million to upgrade the site. Prices in Germany (including 19% VAT).

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