The i-MiEV may fulfill its mission to be an efficient and basic urban runabout, but I don't think it's a car in which anyone will be happy spending time. The driving experience brings that home. The i-MiEV feels tiny, tinny, and slow, ...
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Consumer Reports' headquarters is 115 miles from our test track, or about 35 miles longer than the measured range on our Ford Focus Electric. When I was assigned to drive our test car from our New York headquarters back to the Connecticut ...
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US carmaker Ford is planning to unveil 15 new model in Europe in 2012 incorporating new TDCi diesel engines, low CO2 ECOnetic Technologies and EcoBoost petrol engines. By the end of 2012, Ford of Europe's portfolios of cars is expected to ...
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Ford Motor has started production of the new C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid vehicle at its Michigan assembly plant (MAF) in the US. By the end of 2012, the automaker intends to deliver eight vehicles for US customers which are claimed to ...
Magna E-Car Systems has opened a new plant in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, US, that will make components for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs). The new 66,000sq ft plant has 95 employees who will make electric motors, inverters and ...
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Ford Motor of Canada has partnered Best Buy to provide the owners of Focus electric vehicle with a home charging station. Under the plan, the company will offer 240-volt home charging station for Focus EV and the upcoming plug-ins in ...
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Taiwan National Tsing Hua University has used a hybrid ohmic-Schottky drain to reduce buffer leakage and improve breakdown performance in aluminium gallium nitride(AlGaN)semiconductor transistors produced on silicon substrates[Yi-Wei Lian ...
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LONDON—After screening"Star Wars"for his students,a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pointed to a"remote"—as droids or robots are called in the movie—with which Luke Skywalker had been practicing his ...
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