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The Clarity had a 25.5-kWh battery pack that provided just 89 miles of range and was only practical as a local runabout.
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Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Witness the 2024 Chevrolet Traverse, a three-row SUV created as a suburban runabout that’s now being recast with models styled and equipped to connote sporty performance and off-road highjinks.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
The expandable area doubles as a waterside beach club and a mooring spot for runabouts or Jet Skis.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile in China, little urban runabouts like the BYD Seagull are selling big (sales 280,000 in 2023 according to Inovev) and the Wuling Bingo (235,000), with prices said to start at around $5,000.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Witness the 2024 Chevrolet Traverse, a three-row SUV created as a suburban runabout that’s now being recast with models styled and equipped to connote sporty performance and off-road highjinks.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
The expandable area doubles as a waterside beach club and a mooring spot for runabouts or Jet Skis.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile in China, little urban runabouts like the BYD Seagull are selling big (sales 280,000 in 2023 according to Inovev) and the Wuling Bingo (235,000), with prices said to start at around $5,000.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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These departments immediately ran into serious problems using the vehicles as cruisers, such as a lack of charging infrastructure, inadequate interior space, expensive and lengthy retrofitting processes, interference from advanced driver safety assistance systems and more.Erin Marquis / Jalopnik, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
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Despite narratives talking about how the sedan market is dying, Nissan moved more than 100,000 Sentras last year, up 41 percent from the previous.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The suspects routinely followed their victims in a black BMW sedan, according to police.Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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In addition to our boat and the three that were brought in safely at Winchester Bay, another, a 17-foot outboard cabin cruiser, swamped on the Columbia River bar off Astoria.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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Navigating the Route Today Boating, driving and hiking are the three options for exploring the Rideau Canal. Canoes, kayaks, speedboats and cabin cruisers are best for undertaking a multi-day water journey.Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Runabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runabout. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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