The NYT reviewer, John Broder, wrote that during the test drive from Washington DC to Connecticut, the power had drained sooner than expected, forcing him to turn down the heating and drive below the speed limit.

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Designed to be lightweight and cheap to produce, the robotic bicep upgrade uses a (mostly) aluminum frame, battery-powered DC motor, cable drive system, racket braking and thumbstick controller for movement, with a BeagleBone board supervising the electronics that pull it all together.

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The Republican from Idaho said he had "several, probably two to three" vodka tonics in his flat in Washington, DC before deciding to go for a drive.

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When my junior high civics class needed a chaperone, it was my dad who volunteered to drive the van to Washington, DC (although he did get us lost and he held my boyfriend over the toilet, but those are posts for another day).

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As someone who has driven the car, and liked it a great deal, I was surprised by how badly it fared during the Times test drive up I-95 from Washington, DC to New York City (it failed miserably according to author John Broder).

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