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Cheap mini e-truck? Flying electric boats? Top 5 wildest non-car EVs I tested this year

Electrek

Part of that is due to the way electric drivetrains help break the mold of aging design constraints, but it’s also due to a new wave of forward-thinking engineers boldly pushing products in new and exciting directions. Here are the top five wildest and most awesome personal electric vehicles I tested in 2022. Flying electric boats?

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Dodge Opens the Order Books for the Electric Charger Daytona

The Truth About Cars

Do you think electric muscle cars are cool? Early adopters will get a “VIP Experience” and exclusive benefits for being part of the automaker’s “First Call” program. The cars are expected to start landing on dealers’ lots in the fourth quarter of this year. Like rowdy fake exhaust sounds? second 0-60 mph time.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular? Why would I bother to do that, you ask? That, however, isn't really true.

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Tips: How to Make Money from Your Old Car

Clean Fleet Report

You’ll be surprised how much your old car is worth even if it’s not running. It can be your express ticket for quick cash, as there’s always a market for a used car, whether it’s running or otherwise. Sell To a Used Car Dealer. Dismantle and Sell as Vehicle Parts. Spruce Up Your Junk Car. Sell for Scrap Metal.

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Tesla Model 3s from Hertz are going for as low as $14,000

Baua Electric

Hertz is starting to sell some of its Tesla Model 3s and they are going for pretty cheap – as low as $14,000 with the used EV tax credit. Back in 2021, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles. It would make them as low as ~$14,000.

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Drive Notes: 2024 Acura Integra Type S

The Truth About Cars

The 2024 Acura Integra Type S is, on paper, the commuting enthusiast's dream car. Speed rarely comes cheap, and this test car started at $50,800. This car blends better -- though one person did give me the thumbs up as I loaded the hatch with provisions procured at my local grocery store.

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Junkyard Find: 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe

The Truth About Cars

The LeBaron name goes well back in Chrysler history, starting when the coachbuilder known as LeBaron Carrossiers was purchased by Detroit car-body-builder Briggs Manufacturing in 1926 and Chrysler bought Briggs in 1953. Here's one of those cars, found in a Denver boneyard recently. Worth restoring? Not in this condition.