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Tesla Model Y welcomed by Kansas PD, expected to give cost savings

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In a recent press release, the Leawood Police Department in Kansas announced that it had acquired a Tesla Model Y Long Range for its fleet. The department noted that they started looking into the idea of an all-electric patrol car last year after seeing dismal reviews of available hybrid patrol cars. Tesla-Kansas City was great.

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Tesla partners with EV charging reliability platform for Destination network

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Tesla’s high-powered V3 Supercharger offers 250 kW for comparison. Electric vehicle chargers are widely available and companies are working to expand their presence of piles that can support a variety of cars. Panasonic announced a $4 billion plant in De Soto, Kansas that will create 4,000 jobs. ChargerHelp! thanks to $7.5

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UC Davis ITS researchers take a detailed look at water consumption and withdrawal requirements for ethanol

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Comparison with fossil fuels. They estimated that, in 2009, 15-19% of irrigation water was used to produce the corn required for ethanol in Kansas and Nebraska without coproduct credits and 8-10% after credits. —Mishra and Yeh. Harvesting and converting the cob to ethanol reduces both the BW and GW intensities by 13%.

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Argonne Study Examines Impact of Real World Drive Cycles on Efficiency and Cost of Different PHEV Configurations

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For drive cycles, the Argonne team used the Kansas City data collected in 2005 by the US EPA, which instrumented more than 100 drivers and collected their driving statistics for one day. Basic comparison of fuel consumption showed mean values of: Basic conventional: 6.6 L/100km (35.6 Hybrid (HEV): 4.69 L/100km (50.2 Split 4 kWh: 3.27

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

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In fact, four of the ten most searched automotive brands in 2023 had one or fewer battery electric vehicles (BEVs) available in the US market last year. to determine these comparisons, MarketWatch Guides put together its own study of the top searched automotive brands and their respective models using key Google data.

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