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Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event is fully booked

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Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event at the Fremont factory is completely booked, as the company has started contacting some invitees to tell them the event has reached capacity. Last weekend, Tesla officially started rolling out invitations for the Model S Plaid Delivery Event at the Fremont factory in Northern California.

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Tesla launches Event Data Recorder Resources to help owners access vehicle data

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This was made possible by the launch of the company’s Event Data Recorder (EDR) Resources, which provides owners with the software and hardware they need to retrieve pertinent information from their electric cars. . The post Tesla launches Event Data Recorder Resources to help owners access vehicle data appeared first on TESLARATI.

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ECOtality passes 1M EV residential charge events

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ECOtality has surpassed one million EV residential charge events on its Blink Chargers. Recording more than 1 million charge events is not only an iconic milestone for ECOtality, The EV Project and the industry, but is also proof that EVs are here to stay. —Ravi Brar, CEO of ECOtality.

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Tesla delays Model S Plaid delivery event to June 10, ‘one more week of tweak’ needed

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Tesla has delayed its Model S Plaid delivery event to June 10th, after CEO Elon Musk said the vehicle needs “one more week of tweak.” It was first delivered in 2012 and was the company’s first-ever passenger vehicle, following the first generation Tesla Roadster in 2008. This car feels like a spaceship.

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New method to analyze combustion events in an engine

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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) have developed a method for analyzing combustion events in an internal combustion engine based on crankshaft torque measurements. Ingemar Andersson, Mikael Thor, Tomas McKelvey (2012) The torque ratio concept for combustion monitoring of internal combustion engines.

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BorgWarner suggests Valve-Event Modulated Boost system can offer 6-17% fuel economy benefit over already downsized and turbocharged engines

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The VEMB system uses a concentric camshaft, blow-down manifold and scavenge manifold to separate the exhaust event into two phases: high-energy blow-down to the turbo without pumping losses, and high-hydrocarbon scavenge to the EGR system. 2010) Valve-Event Modulated Boost System, SAE Technical Paper 2010-01-1222 doi: 10.4271/2010-01-1222.

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Jaguar Land Rover demonstrating XJ_e PHEV at Low Carbon Vehicle Event

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is demonstrating the ultra-low carbon XJ_e plug-in hybrid engineering research vehicle ( earlier post ) at the 2012 CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle Event in the UK. liter turbocharged direct-injection gasoline engine which powers the Range Rover Evoque and a hybridized 8-speed automatic transmission.