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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN AFTER DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS LUXURY SPORT SEDAN FOR 45 YEARS, AND EVEN BEAT THEM AT THEIR BUT FOR ITS DIEHARD FANS, AND FOR THEM, * FEW CARS HAVE THE ABILITY TO THE BMW 5-SERIES.

INDEED, DRIVING THIS LATEST ALL-NEW FOR 2017, FOR SOME OF OUR STAFFERS.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BRING OUT SUCH SENTIMENT FOR A 4-DOOR WELL FOR STARTERS, THERE ARE FROM ONE OF THE BEST HEAD-UP TO A DYNAMIC INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, BOWERS & WILKINS SURROUND SOUND, ALLOWS YOU TO CONTROL THE CAR NO AND EVEN HAS THE CAR PULL OUT OF BUT THE SLICKEST FEATURE BY FAR, SYSTEM THAT LETS YOU SEE AROUND PERSONAL CAMERA DRONE.

YOU CAN EVEN ACCESS THE CAMERAS WHEN YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE CAR.

BUT MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY BMW HAS BEEN ON A MISSION OF TO BRING THE BMW BACK TO BEING BY GIVING US SOME HONEST EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE THERE'S MORE POWER AS WELL.

BASE ENGINE IS A NEW PUTTING OUT 8-MORE HORSEPOWER WITH 258 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

OF COURSE IN BMW LOGIC, FROM 528I TO 530I.

[ENGINE STARTS UP] NEXT UP IS A NEW 3.0 LITER A GAIN OF 35, LIKEWISE, XDRIVE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE IS AN "M" V8 AND ALTERNATIVE POWER [WHEELS SCREECH] THE 540I XDRIVE WAS OUR WEAPON AND AFTER NAILING THE GAS, AS WE GO DOWN THE TRACK; AND LOADS OF XDRIVE GRIP, ALL 5-SERIES' COME WITH BMW'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FIRM SHIFTS WHETHER TRIGGERED THE 540 CLEARED THE QUARTER AT 109 MILES PER HOUR.

THERE WAS GREAT BALANCE ON WITH THE ABILITY TO DIAL UP OVER OR UNDERSTEER DEPENDING ON WITH THROTTLE AND STEERING GOOD HEFT TO THE WHEEL, MADE THINGS MUCH BETTER TOO.

OF COURSE, THERE ARE ENOUGH ACTIVE BORDERLINE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING; IT DOES SO WITH MILD AGGRESSION.

DESPITE DROPPING A FEW POUNDS THE NEW 5 IS A LITTLE OVER AS WELL AS MARGINALLY TALLER THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE, AS BEFORE, THOUGH THE LAYOUT DEFINITELY, A MORE INVITING AND AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING ALMOST ACURA-LIKE IN ITS WE'RE NOW IN OUR 6TH ITERATION AND IT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE WITH WITH EVEN, OH MY GOSH, FRONT SEATS ARE VERY AND THE SPLIT-FOLDING REAR FOR THREE ADULTS, OR YOU CAN BY ADDING A CENTER CONSOLE GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY A TWO-WHEEL DRIVE 530Is 24-CITY, 34-HIGHWAY, TO THE 540I XDRIVE'S AND 23-COMBINED.

WE AVERAGED 29.4 MILES PER 26.5 IN THE 540.

BASE PRICING TICKS UP A GRAND FOR A 530I; WITH XDRIVE ADDING ANOTHER SO WHILE, THINGS MAY BE TOUGHER LUXURY SPORT SEDAN SEGMENT, IS BETTER EQUIPPED THAN EVER AS THE BENCHMARK OF THE SEGMENT.

BAD NEWS IF YOU'RE A RIVAL; ON YOUR CURRENT 5-SERIES IS OUR SUCCESS STORY THIS WEEK THE HEART OF ALTERNATIVE AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN FIRST OFF, VISITORS CAN FOR A TOUR OF THE JSC CAMPUS WHICH INCLUDES TWO PLUG-IN A FORD C-MAX AND FUSION.

THE CENTER'S CHARGING STATIONS THIS RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM.

IT'S WIND TURBINES ALSO HELP POWER A CHILD CARE Jerry Rowlands: A 172 TIMES, THAN WHAT THE BUILDING USES.

THIS IS A GRID CONNECTED SYSTEM, THE EXCESS ELECTRICITY GOES OUT AND IS USED SOME PLACE ELSE.

John: AT JSC, EV SCIENCE IS ALSO "OUT OF THIS WORLD" WORK, LIKE THIS MODULAR ROBOTIC PROVE BENEFICIAL TO EARTHBOUND Dave Hanson: WELL, HAVING HAS A NUMBER OF ADVANTAGES.

FIRST, IT'S RELIABILITY.

THERE ARE FEWER MOVING PARTS OF PROPULSION.

John: WITH THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON AS PARTNER, AT JOHNSON, ALTERNATIVE FUELS, THE SKY, ARE THE LIMITS.

LET'S SAY THE MONEY TREE IN NOW, SOME WOULD PLAN SOME A NEW MINI MANSION, HE WOULD BE DESIGNING ONE WITH ENOUGH ROOM FOR AND HIS TANK?

SO HE CAN GO OVER THE EDGE Zach Maskell: IF I'VE EVER SEEN SQUARE IN THE FACE AND STEAL TODAY WE'RE PLAYING WITH EVER PRODUCED.

IT CAN DO 65 MILES PER HOUR, ON ONE TANK OF FUEL.

COIL OVER SUSPENSION, ALLOW FOR 13 INCHES OF TRAVEL.

SURE, YOU MOVE AROUND...

BUT COMPARED TO ANY OTHER IT'S A MAGIC CARPET RIDE.

BEHOLD THE RIPSAW EV2.

MADE BY HOWE AND HOWE YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE IT FROM THIS ONE, IN THE CAR WORLD, THIS ONE IS BUILT IN THAT'S EV2, AND IT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF WHO WERE ALWAYS THE ONES MIXING IN THE BACK OF CLASS.

Geoffrey Howe: I CAN REMEMBER BUILDING UM, YOU KNOW... MAKING OUR OWN BIKE... BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT, AND PIECES.

AND SO, IT STARTED THERE, EACH PROJECT, WE ALWAYS SAID, WE ALWAYS MADE A PACT.

THE NEXT ONE'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT ONE'S GOING TO BE Zach: THEY HAND BUILD OTHER THIS IS A ROBOTIC FIREFIGHTER, AKA "THERMITE."

AND THIS IS THE RIP CHAIR.

Geoffrey: IT ALLOWS PEOPLE IN THE WOODS.

TO GO HIKING, FISHING, HUNTING, THAT WE CAN STILL DO.

Michael Howe: AND REALLY WE BUILD REALLY, THE WORLD'S TO HAVE A TRACKED IT HAS TO BE LIGHTWEIGHT.

WE'RE NOT BUILDING A SLOW, WE'RE BUILDING A FAST, AGILE, Zach: EV2 IS THE CIVILIAN MS, OR MILITARY SPEC VERSION.

THE U.S. ARMY HAS BEEN TESTING THE EV INCLUDES THE SAME SUSPENSION, AND TRACKS.

THEY TELL US THEY BUILD EACH YEAR.

WE GOT AN LCD SCREEN.

WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

I SEE SPEAKERS IN HERE.

Michael: WELL, IF YOU WANT "FAST AND THE FURIOUS" Zach: [LAUGHS] I WAS GOING TO BE JUGGLING BUT WE HAVE A GAS, AND WE HAVE A STEERING WHEEL?

Michael: THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

Zach: ALRIGHT, RIGHT ON.

HOW DO WE FIRE THIS THING UP?

Michael: NOW, WHAT YOU'LL FIND OR WHERE IT'S AT.

Zach: AFTER A FEW MINUTES I FOUND THE SWEET SPOT IN JUST A BIT IS ALL YOU THE REST IS ALL THROTTLE THIS IS THE 6.6 LITER DURAMAX 700 HORSEPOWER AND JUST ABOUT Zach: IT'S THE SAME ENGINE YOU AND GMC PICKUPS, AND VANS.

SNOW, MUD, SAND, THE RIPSAW IS NOT SCARED.

NOW, ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS IS THEY'LL DO JUST ABOUT ALLOWED TO, WE HAVE THE OLD "EJECTO SEATO" AND WE ALSO HAVE, TO REALLY ILLUMINATE ANYTHING WE WENT STEALTH MODE, AND BUT WE DON'T THINK IT WAS THE BOYS WEREN'T KIDDING.

THIS IS THE NEXT STAGE THE SSR.

BUILT STRICTLY FOR SPEED.

DOUBLE THE POWER OF THE EV2, THAT 400,000 DOLLAR MACHINE, Michael: THAT WAS AWESOME.

Zach: [LAUGHS] Michael: YEAH, YOU GOT SOME AIR!

Zach: AS FOR TRYING OUT I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT Pat Goss: LOTS OF FOLKS WOULD LIKE THIS ONE.

BUT THEY DON'T WANT THE WAY SO, TO TELL US HOW TO GET AROUND FROM FLEMING'S ULTIMATE GARAGE.

TONY, WELCOME BACK Tony Fleming: THANKS PAT.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

Pat: ALRIGHT, NOW WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS CAR.

Tony: WELL FROM THE OUTSIDE 1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO.

AND THAT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T LOVE DRIVES LIKE AN OLD CAR.

FOR INSTANCE, THEY MADE A LOT OF BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE GREAT THEY DIDN'T HANDLE WELL.

THEY'RE MISSING A LOT OF SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FROM TODAY'S MODERN CAR, SO YOU GET THE BEST OF BOTH Pat: ALRIGHT, SO STEERING.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT Tony: SO YOU CAN EITHER FAST RATIO STEERING, RACK, AND PINION STEERING TODAY'S MINIVAN, WHICH MAKES Pat: ALRIGHT AND PERFORMANCE Tony: A VERY MODERN DRIVETRAIN.

SO, A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL PLUCK OR CAMARO'S AND THINGS LIKE AND BECAUSE THE ENGINES ARE THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE OVERDRIVE, AND IT JUST RIDES, YOU CAN TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY HAVING THAT OVERDRIVE ABILITY.

Pat: ALRIGHT, AND ALSO, POWER WINDOWS AND SO ON?

Tony: EVEN THINGS LIKE AND HEATED SEATS ARE KIND OF AND THEY'RE NOT A LOT MORE A CAR LIKE THIS COULD TYPICALLY FOR A REALLY COOL CAR ALL THE WAY UP TO $100,000, YOU WANT IT.

Pat: SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD WHAT ARE THESE CALLED?

Tony: THESE ARE CALLED SHORT FOR RESTORED, Pat: TONY, HERE WE'RE SEEING THIS CONVERSION.

Tony: YEAH, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY, A RESTOMOD.

FOR INSTANCE, HERE WE HAVE WITH FUEL INJECTION, THIS MAKES ABOUT 450 HORSEPOWER, IT STARTS WHEN IT'S COLD, IT DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT CAR MIGHT.

Pat: AND UNDERNEATH IT, MODERN BRAKES AND TIRES?

Tony: YEAH FOR SURE, WE'VE IN FACT THE REASON THIS CAR AND TIRES ON IT IS BECAUSE TO MAKE THE BRAKES FIT.

SO THESE ARE LIKE 50% BIGGER AND THE TIRES ARE THREE TIMES ON FROM THE FACTORY.

Pat: SO ALL IN ALL, Tony: AND LOOKS GREAT GOING Pat: TONY, THANK YOU.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, DROP ME A LINE RIGHT HERE, John: OUR 2017 HONDA CR-V HAS AND IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY AS BEST SMALL UTILITY IN OUR IT REALLY DOES OFFER TO DRIVE PACKAGE, TO GO ABOUT RUNNING WEEKEND EXACTLY THE REASON COMPACT DESPITE OUR EARLY MISGIVINGS, SMALL 1.5 LITER I4 TURBO, MORE THAN ADEQUATE.

OUR FUEL ECONOMY AVERAGE IS AT 28.8 MILES PER GALLON; SAYS IT SHOULD BE.

INSIDE, WE LOVE THAT HONDA HAS FOR THE RADIO, TAKE OUR EYES OFF TO ROAD FOR STATION TUNING, CONTROLS TAKE A LOT OF GETTING AND WE'VE GOT NOTHING BUT TIME, GETTING ROLLING.

DURING THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF THIS 2017 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT, IT'S PROVING TO BE AN AND NIMBLE RIDE SO FAR.

OUR TALLER STAFFERS APPRECIATE AND WE LOVE THE LIGHT DRIVERS ALSO PRAISE THE OUR TESTER IS EQUIPPED WITH TURBOCHARGED 4-CYLINDER GENERALLY, IT IS ABLE TO ALTHOUGH, WE NOTICE IT COULD USE IN HILLY AREAS.

ON THE PLUS SIDE, WE'RE SO, WE'LL SEE HOW OUR PASSAT IT'S SURE TO GO ON DURING WE'LL CHECK IN ON THE KIA OPTIMA ON OUR NEXT MOTORWEEK WE ADMIT WHAT'S NEW IN CARS OUR ATTENTION, THAT GOES ON IN THE AUTO BIZ.

SO HERE'S YOLANDA VAZQUEZ Yolanda Vazquez: AT THE GENEVA WOWED THE CROWDS WITH THEIR FOR TRAVELING BY GROUND BUT COMMUTING LIKE THE JETSONS AN AMERICAN COMPANY BY THE NAME FLOWN AN ALL-ELECTRIC PERSONAL A BIG DRONE.

AT THIS POINT IT'S ONLY FOR USE BUT THEY PLAN TO HAVE IT READY GERMAN COMPANY LILIUM HAS BUILT "A VERTICAL TAKE-OFF THIS TWO-SEATER USES AND 12 MOVEABLE FLAPS, AND LAND IN A VERY SMALL SPACE.

THEY'RE NOW DEVELOPING, AND RIDESHARING.

UBER IS ALSO, THEIR PLAN INCLUDES AUTONOMOUS AND A NETWORK OF TAKE-OFF, UBER SAYS, "MORE THAN A-DOZEN THIS A REALITY, SO THERE IS BACK ON THE GROUND, THEIR CAR DOING THE DRIVING.

WAYMO, GOOGLE'S SELF-DRIVING IS LOOKING FOR A FEW THE TECHNOLOGY ON EVERYDAY THEY'RE ACCEPTING THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN WAYMO HAS ORDERED 500 MORE CHRYSLER PACIFICA HYBRID MEANWHILE, GM HAS RELEASED LATEST AUTONOMOUS TESTS IN THE FOCUS IS ON NIGHT DRIVING, WITH THEIR SELF-DRIVING FROM AUTONOMOUS DRIVING TO OUR PERSONAL MOBILITY IS AND THAT'S OUR WRAP UP WHILE, LAST YEAR SAW TESLA AND HOOPLA OVER THEIR COMPACT IT IS STILL MONTHS AWAY FROM BUT, WHAT HAS ALREADY FOR MONTHS NOW, IT DOES JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING FOR A WHOLE LOT LESS MONEY.

SCORE ONE FOR THE BOWTIE BOYS!

* WE'RE SURE YOU'VE ALREADY 2017 CHEVROLET BOLT EV FROM US BUT THIS IS THE FIRST CHANCE AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME AS YOU PROBABLY ALSO KNOW, TO ACHIEVE THE "EV HOLY GRAIL" ON A SINGLE CHARGE AND COST WITH FEDERAL INCENTIVES OF THE BOLT EV USES A 60KWH WEIGHS 946 POUNDS.

IT POWERS A 150KW HIGH CAPACITY A ROBUST 266 POUND-FEET RANGE IS RATED AT 238 MILES; NOT MADE BY TESLA.

THE BOLT EV EARNS A 119 COMBINED AND A NEAR PERFECT ENERGY IMPACT BURNING JUST 0.2 BARRELS OF OIL BOTH THE BATTERIES, AND CAN BOLT THIS EV TO 60 THAT'S ABOUT AS FAST AS BUT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GET TOP SPEED IS LIMITED TO 92 MILES AND IF YOU'VE REPLACED YOUR BATTERY ANXIETY, JUST RELAX.

LIKE MOST EVs AND HYBRIDS, AN 8-YEAR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY.

YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT A LEVEL 2, TO JUICE IT UP, HOWEVER.

WITH THAT, IT TAKES ABOUT VERSES THE ALMOST 60 WITH EVEN FASTER LEVEL 3 SETTING ASIDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AS WE'VE LEARNED THE MORE TIME IT REALLY IS A GREAT EVERYDAY UNLIKE MANY SUBCOMPACTS, IN FACT IT'S ENORMOUSLY PEPPY EVEN THROWING YOU BACK IN IT DOES SETTLE DOWN AS YOU WHILE PROVIDING MORE THAN AND IS EVEN MILDLY SPORTY YOU CAN ALSO PLAY WITH DIALING UP ENOUGH TO BARELY IN NORMAL DRIVING.

OVERALL, THE INTERIOR IS GREAT, AND FINISH AMONG THE BEST THOUGH THE PIANO WHITE TRIM AND REFLECTIONS ON SUNNY DAYS.

THE FRONT SEATING POSITIONS A TYPICAL COMPACT CAR.

THERE'S PLENTY OF HEAD, TOO, AND IT REALLY CAN EVEN THEN, THERE'S AMPLE CARGO THAT'S MORE THAN MANY FOR MORE, THE SEATBACKS FOLD IT EVEN HAS THAT SMALL WITH NO OBVIOUS EV ELEMENTS BEING FULLY IN THE NOW, THE FLOATING ROOF TREATMENT BUT TO THE FRONT ONES AS WELL.

AND WHEREVER WE WENT, QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION.

WE EVEN GOT A FEW THUMBS UP ON THAT UNDER 30G PRICE, OF FEDERAL TAX CREDITS, AND STATE CREDITS MAY LOWER UP LEVEL PREMIER TRIM, FRONT AND REAR, CAN BE YOURS FOR $34,280.

THE BAD NEWS FOR SOME, ISN'T AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE YET.

THAT WILL TAKE TILL THE END NOT ALL CHEVY DEALERS WILL HAVE TO SELL, AND SERVICE IT.

ALSO, LOOKING AT IT FROM A PURE MANY 40 MPG SUBCOMPACT CARS ARE SO, WHILE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO THE 2017 CHEVROLET BOLT EV, ANYTHING ELSE WILL ULTIMATELY IT'S EASY TO RECOGNIZE WHEN IT MAY NOT OFFER THE PERFORMANCE BUT THE BOLT EV HAS CLEARLY SET ELECTRIC VEHICLES; JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY, EVERY DAY.

IN OTHER WORDS, AND IT'S BUILT IN DETROIT.

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