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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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Battery maker A123 quietly became a half-billion-dollar company

Green Car Reports

This author, in fact, profiled the company for IEEE Spectrum in the technology magazine's September 2007 issue. Ten years ago, lithium-ion cell maker A123 Systems was a hot startup and a much-publicized company. The six years that followed proved enormously painful for the Massachusetts company, however.

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Report: VW suspends head of powertrain electronics over emissions scandal

Green Car Congress

Bild reports that, “ according to the VW internal investigation, Jelden is suspected to have reprogrammed the software in 2007.”. German business magazine Manager Magazin yesterday reported that VW Group is putting the cost of the emissions scandal at more than €30 billion. Jelden would not comment to Bild. Earlier post.).

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Glitches Modulate Consumer Reports Praise For Tesla Model S Electric Car

Green Car Reports

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.' Since it purchased its 2012 Tesla Model S, Consumer Reports has basically adored its electric luxury car.

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Used Tesla Model 3 prices are leveling out in the UK

Teslarati

As noted by Car Dealer Magazine UK , used vehicle prices in the UK dropped by just 0.5% Martin also highlighted that October was actually the “strongest we’ve witnessed since 2007 or 2008.” Watch Car Dealer Magazine ‘s video on the topic below. 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. Back in 2007, we predicted that the flying-car startup Terrafugia would fail. Startups show such futuristic pronouncements to potential investors, who in turn use them as data points to inform their bets. Take flying cars.

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