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Lone Star Special: 2024 Jeep Gladiator Texas Trail

The Truth About Cars

Hey, everything is bigger in Texas, right? This time around, the 2024 Gladiator Texas Trail shows up for duty with 32-inch mud-terrain tires, color-keyed trim and hardtop, steel rock rails, and hood decals specific to the trim. Unlike the Beach, which is based off a Willys, the Texas Trail uses a Sport S as its base.

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New family of affordable Teslas detailed: ‘multiple’ EVs coming as part of 20 million vehicle push

EV Central

The long-hyped circa-$40,000 Tesla Model 2 didn’t break cover at the company’s investor day held at the Texas Gigafactory this morning. Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaking at the EV company’s investor day in March 2023 “As we improve affordability the number of people who have access to our products dramatically increases,” said Kirkhorn. “It

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Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

Green Car Congress

Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.

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Kia will beat Rivian and Tesla into affordable mass-market EVs

Baua Electric

Although Rivian and Tesla are making headlines with planned expansions into mass-market electric vehicles, Kia is set to launch two affordable EVs of its own. More affordable EVs are coming Rivian unveiled its highly anticipated R2 electric SUV Thursday. One of them, the Kia EV3, is expected to launch by the end of the year.

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Tesla to expand START training program to Austin, funneling talent for Giga Texas

Teslarati

Tesla is expanding its START Training Program to Austin Community College in Texas. based Gigafactory in Austin, more commonly known as Giga Texas. When business and education come together, we build connections that make college affordable and link students directly with employers so they can go straight into a promising career.

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Tesla’s Safety Score system will be key to in-house insurance’s affordability

Teslarati

Tesla’s Safety Score system may still be in its early stages, but it seems to be a key part of some of the company’s upcoming products. As observed by Tesla owners who signed up for the company’s in-house insurance in Texas, their rates would be directly tied to their respective Safety Scores. .

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Tesla boosts its data collection team with hiring ramp for Prototype Vehicle Operators

Teslarati

In the job’s description, Tesla notes that Prototype Vehicle Operators will be part of its vehicle data collection team. It is also expected to be very similar to the highly-anticipated affordable Tesla that will eventually be built in Giga Mexico.