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You know that amazing stepped and terraced battery in the new Macbook? Motoro…

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You know that amazing stepped and terraced battery in the new Macbook? Motorola and LG did it two years ago

Close-up look at that new ‘stepped battery’ on the Moto X and LG G2
Two trips to New York City in two weeks — one for Motorola, and another for LG, and one common theme: Why waste space inside the phone when you could fill that void with a little extra battery volume. Enter the “stepped battery,” and it’s a simple enough idea. Instead of a single, rectangular-shaped battery, you’ve got one with a small “step” — and little bit of a hump that gives you a…

Harry Wilson represents everything that is fundamentally wrong with the American economic system

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Wilson and his cronies treat the economy as if it was a giant game of monopoly and all of us regular people suffer for it.

Harry Wilson’s Money Grab | Final Inspection
Uh-oh, here we go again. If there is one lesson we learned from the Great Recession it’s to beware of financial wizards promoting get-rich-quick schemes. And now we find General Motors at the center of yet another such scheme.

Nearly two years ago, I first saw this color in a Ford design studio during an initial background preview of the 2015 Mustang and I was underwhelmed

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Now seeing it on this 2015 Ford Fusion SE in the sunlight, I'm much more pleased with it. This is the first opportunity I've had to spend some quality time with the current generation Fusion after writing a lot about the car during my time on the Ford communications team. I'm really impressed with the combination of supple ride and precise driving dynamics. Unfortunately, the fuel economy is less impressive even considering the cold temperatures this week.

    

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The 2015 Ford Expedition EL King Ranch has plenty of power under the hood, not so much inside

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If you need to tow 9,000+ pounds and haul eight people in comfort, the independent rear suspension gives the +Ford Motor Company Expedition a big advantage over the competition.Just don't expect great fuel economy unless you are dividing by the number of passengers.

2015 Ford Expedition EL King Ranch – It’s Kind of Huge! | Sam’s Thoughts

2015 Ford Expedition EL King Ranch – It’s Kind of Huge!

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2015 Expedition ELKR 01At 18.4-feet long and well over three tons of mass, the 2015 Ford Expedition EL King Ranch is not a vehicle that says downsizing. In fact, as Ford’s largest SUV, the only aspect of the substantially updated Expedition that has shrunk is the powerplant, the twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6. Everything else about this beast is as huge as the home state of the eponymous ranch it is named for.

The EL is the longer of two Expedition variants that have been available since the heavy-duty Excursion was discontinued in 2005 after a six-year run. While the current Expedition is related to the mid-2000s era F-150 pickup, it’s actually pretty substantially different and can really considered a distinct platform. Unlike Ford’s pickup trucks that continue to support solid rear axles on leaf springs, the Expedition utilizes a multi-link independent rear suspension which gives it an important advantage over the segment leading Chevrolet Suburban in third-row room, but I’ll come back to that later.

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