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Ford Warns Two Bronco Owners To Stop Driving Right Now

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The issue was caught through camera footage captured during production Recalls seem to be more frequent these days , and while some of that can be attributed to the usual bumps in the production process, technology is playing a significant role as well.

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Peugeot boss calls on government to "stimulate" electric car sales

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Peugeot now offers an electric version of each of its cars CEO Linda Jackson says "there are only so many things we can do as a manufacturer" to boost EV uptake Peugeot CEO Linda Jackson says the government should find ways to stimulate the market for new and used electric cars , in order to accelerate the transition from ICE to EV power.

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Saudi Arabia’s Goal Of Becoming An EV-Producing Hub May Hit Speed Bump

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Well, if you’re Saudi Arabia, it would seem you invest in EV manufacturing. Ceer, meanwhile, is a new brand created jointly between the PIF and Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn. Lucid currently holds the only automotive factory based in the kingdom, where it reassembles vehicles that are first built in Arizona.

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Beyond the bumps

Canadian Auto Dealer

The thinking, of course, has traditionally been that if only vehicle manufacturers had EVs available they would be all snapped up by eager consumers as quickly as they could be built resulting in the steep, unfaltering upward curve of EV adoption. The post Beyond the bumps appeared first on Canadian Auto Dealer.

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How does Porsche’s Active Ride system work?

Autocar

The basis of any suspension system is that springs are needed to keep the body of the car off the ground while allowing the wheels to ride bumps. In reality, though, as one corner moves up over a bump, an anti-roll bar will inevitably influence the opposite corner.

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Cupra Born

Autocar

With ever-increasing pressure on car manufacturers to meet ZEV mandate requirements and sell electric cars in greater and greater numbers, the competition in the affordable EV niche only gets fiercer. Getting the more powerful motor automatically bumps you up to V2.VersionPowerCupra Cupra’s first EV looks rather like a Volkswagen ID 3.

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Fisker Recalls Over 7,700 Oceans For Pausing Regenerative Brakes

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The problem mostly appears during driving over bumps. But, as the manufacturer admitted, the system can pause for 740 milliseconds or 0.74 seconds when going over bumps. Fisker just recalled 7,745 cars for an issue surrounding regenerative braking. The bankrupt automaker says it’ll fix the issue with a software update.

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