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Ride1Up CF Racer1 review: Testing the lowest cost quality carbon fiber gravel/road e-bike

Baua Electric

In the world of electric bikes, the words “carbon fiber” usually means big bucks. That means carbon fiber electric bikes have always commanded premium prices – at least, until now. But just because it’s a lower-cost bike doesn’t mean it’s cheap. That’s a featherweight in the e-bike world, believe it or not.

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2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Review – Beast Mode

The Truth About Cars

Inside, the cabin is pretty familiar, though things like a steering-wheel centering mark and available aluminum or carbon-fiber accents set the R apart. Fun never comes cheap and the price of entry for this truck was $75,775. There are Recaro buckets and unique to the Raptor R graphics for the gauges.

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2023 Toyota GR Supra 3.0 Premium MT Review – For Extra Fun, Add Third Pedal

The Truth About Cars

One thing that’s appealing about the Supra – and its nearest rival, the Nissan Z – is that while it’s not exactly cheap, it’s not crazy expensive, either. Then again, iDrive is better than Toyota’s previous offering. That said, this particular test unit came close to the $60K mark and based at over $55K.

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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona EV Review – Massive Change Leads to Familiar Feeling

The Truth About Cars

Downsides to the R/T included materials that felt too cheap for a $60K car and EV settings menus that proved too confusing to use. Option packages will add things like heated and cooled front seats, carbon-fiber applique, heated rear seats, 360-camera, active crash notification, and more.

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Drive Notes: 2024 Acura Integra Type S

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Speed rarely comes cheap, and this test car started at $50,800. An optional carbon-fiber spoiler added $950 and 19-inch copper wheels cost $2,186. Save for the trio of large exhaust outlets and the probably not necessary optional carbon-fiber spoiler, there's little of the "boy racer" styling of the Civic Type R.

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A closer look at axial flux motors

Charged EVs

In Issue 49, we reviewed some of the more promising advancements in materials and construction techniques for EV traction motors , one of which—the axial flux design—will be the focus of this article. There’s a bewildering number of ways to construct a motor, so a brief review of the nomenclature might be helpful.

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Review: 2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 Hybrid blends luxury into sporty PHEV

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The rear features quad oval exhaust finishers and can be had with a $1,750 carbon fiber package that dressed everything up. 2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 Hybrid Mercedes AMG E 53 Hybrid costs luxury money At $89,150 including an $1,150 destination charge the E 53 Hybrid isnt a cheap plug-in hybrid. So can a Lucid Air.