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Consumer Reports On Tesla Model S: Best Test Car Since 2007

Green Car Reports

Chalk up another huge accolade for the Tesla Model S electric car: Consumer Reports has awarded it 99 out of 100 points, and said it''s the best car the magazine has tested since 2007. In fact, the magazine''s descriptions of the luxury sport sedan brim with adjectives.

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Even In 2007, As VW Designed Dirty Diesels, It Said Electric Cars Were The Future

Green Car Reports

Many journalists tend to have pack-rat tendencies, but sorting out old press kits, files, and magazines can have unexpected rewards. So it was for auto writer John Rettie, who recently uncovered an interesting tidbit in an issue of Driver, the in-house magazine sent out by Volkswagen of America to owners of its cars.

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Glitches Modulate Consumer Reports Praise For Tesla Model S Electric Car

Green Car Reports

Since it purchased its 2012 Tesla Model S, Consumer Reports has basically adored its electric luxury car. As problems have gradually emerged with the long-term test car, the magazine has begun to modulate its praise. Consumer Reports previously called the Model S as the best car it''s tested since 2007,and named.'

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Used Tesla Model 3 prices are leveling out in the UK

Teslarati

Car buyers looking for a used Tesla Model 3 in the UK may be in luck, as recent reports have revealed that the prices of the all-electric sedan in the second-hand market are starting to level off. As noted by Car Dealer Magazine UK , used vehicle prices in the UK dropped by just 0.5% in October.

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To Look Forward, Sometimes You Have to Look Back

Cars That Think

Magazines love to dabble in prognostication, particularly when it comes to emerging technology. Take flying cars. Back in 2007, we predicted that the flying-car startup Terrafugia would fail. But as we wrote in 2014, flying cars are an idea that will not die. Federal Aviation Administration.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

Cars That Think

Audio Magazine/Internet Archive /Scotch As Smithsonian Magazine notes , the formulation he developed, combining cabinetmaker’s glue with glycerin, proved to be just the right level of easy-to-remove adhesive that it became an out-and-out phenomenon. In the mid-1950s, 3M advertised its Scotch audio reel-to-reel tape.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

Cars That Think

magazine included her on its 2020 Top 100 Female Founders list. EUREKA MOMENT After a 2007 visit to the Elmina Slave Castle , a former slave-trading depot in Ghana, Johnson had what she calls a “eureka moment.” The recipient can use that money to pay for a life-changing event such as a wedding, schooling, or starting a business.

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