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Chevy just revealed the Silverado EV First-Edition RST specs and it’s got 440 miles of range

Baua Electric

It has an impressive 440 miles of range – a significant increase from the previous 400-mile estimate – giving it an edge over its competitors on the range front. The Ford Lightning extended range battery offers an EPA-estimated range of 320 miles, and the Rivian R1T is offered with a Standard+ pack with an estimated 315 miles of range.)

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New Ford smartwatch apps allow EV owners to check status from their wrist

Green Car Congress

Drivers of Ford electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles ( Focus Electric, C-MAX Energi and Fusion Energi) can now access their battery charge status, unlock their doors and get a driving score from their last trip with the MyFord Mobile application for smartwatches. —David Hatton, Ford manager, Connected Vehicles and Services.

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Review: 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST arrives for civilians

Baua Electric

We had a chance to spend several hours driving through the largely flat precincts around Detroit, putting almost 100 miles on a black example that stickered just south of $100,000. Over 100 miles of mixed traffic, we saw efficiencies of 2.0 miles per kilowatt-hour. that the gas versions do. No surprise, the Chevy won.

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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse: I drove this at the same event where I drove the Type S, and since I am a sucker for muscular pony cars, I was enamored right away. It also has 40 miles of electric range and an updated Google-based infotainment system that is more responsive than before.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. 3.3), as did Apple Siri (3.4,

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

Polestar also offers a convenient home delivery and service program, allowing customers who live within 150 miles of the Valley Fair Space, meaning from San Francisco in the north to Monterey Bay Peninsula in the south, to have a new car delivered to their door, as well as complimentary roundtrip transportation for future servicing.

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