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Special 2024 MG 4 XPower review: Brand’s first homegrown hero scores local upgrades that deliver China’s most scorching electric hot hatch

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But it is considered a proof of concept, designed to gauge interest and demand for locally improved models from the Chinese brand. Again, that’s supercar-levels of performance, delivered via a relatively cheap, city-friendly EV. Think Nissan with its Warrior by Premcar program. Perceptions are difficult things to change.

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How Olympics Officials Try to Catch "Motor Doping"

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According to the UCI, an adapter plugged into one of these tablet scanners creates an ambient magnetic field. A French cycling official confronts a rider suspected of doping, and ends up on the hood of a van making a high-speed getaway. Cyclists call it “motor doping.”

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ARPA-E Soliciting Second Round of Proposals; $100 Million for Advanced Energy Research Projects, with Focus on CO2-to-Liquid Fuels, Plug-in Batteries and Carbon Capture

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In this topic, ARPA-E seeks to develop a new generation of ultra-high energy density, low-cost battery technologies for long electric range plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). Earlier post.) Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST).

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VW Coming Up PHEV? Why Not UP EV?

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VW's announced "Up Concept" city cars could have a Plug-in Hybrid version. Easy parking and super cheap to refill. Tags: volkswagen vw electric car up concept city car la autoshow. Autoblog and Left Lane News are reporting VW will be showing a PHEV UP at the LA Auto Show. nk City that Ford confiscated in 2004.

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Bob Iger reveals bots were already an issue when Disney tried to buy Twitter

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But while bots could be seen as a given for a social media company, the prevalent hate speech that happens on Twitter ultimately pushed Disney to pull the plug on its acquisition attempt. Actually, the deal that we had was pretty cheap. Iger recently shared his experiences during an interview at the Code Conference.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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The BYD ute will kick off with a plug-in hybrid system that pairs a 1.5-litre The Nikola Badger may have just got scratched off the list , but there’s still no shortage of electrified utes under development. In fact, we reckon there are almost 20 load-haulers either confirmed or said to be on the way to production. Let’s check out the list.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. We’re happy we’re well on our way with plug-in cars. He’ll start with the oil catastrophe.

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