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LIVE BLOG: Tesla Q1 2024 earnings call

Teslarati

I will be updating this article in real-time, so please keep refreshing the page to view the latest updates on this story. He admits that the EV adoption rate is under pressure, and other automakers are turning to hybrids. 16:26 CDT – Hello, everyone, and welcome to our live blog of Tesla’s first-quarter 2024 earnings call.

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Magazine Article and 914 EV Wiki

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

The federal rebate on qualified vehicles (all hybrids at this point) is up around $2000, I think. I've commuted to work the past two days and the "smoothing out" modifications I mentioned a few posts ago work really well. It's better than nothing. Maybe for 2008, at least the Tesla roadster will get on the list.

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Breaking: Honda Issues Major Recall Affecting 750,000+ Vehicles for Critical Safety Flaw

The Truth About Cars

This article was co-written using AI and was then heavily edited and optimized by our editorial team.

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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

The Truth About Cars

Digging into the concept resulted in a lot of angry and confused comments and a recent article from Autocar stipulating that commercial trucks doubling as normal transportation are about to become prohibitively expensive as most are poised for a “near-fivefold increase in personal tax bills" after July 1st, 2024.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

Cars That Think

Cortada is also a contributor to IEEE Spectrum , most recently of an article this month entitled " How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market ," and in that sense I'm delighted to call him a colleague. Learn more about simulation apps and find this and other case studies at comsol.com/blog/apps. He joins us by Skype.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Add to Mixx Add to Newsvine Add to Connotea Add to CiteUlike Add to Furl Googlize this Add to Rojo Add to MyWeb Favorite Print E-mail The price of green: The Fisker Karma, on display at the New York Auto Show, is a plug-in hybrid that can run on batteries alone for 50 miles. Price: $87,000. The Karma can be refueled quickly.)

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism. When applied externally, Electronic Sound Synthesis, provides engine sound for hybrid or electric vehicles.

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