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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

Green Car Congress

In Spokane County, Washington, job applicants will no longer be asked to disclose criminal convictions from the past 10 years. 7, 2017, a law in New York State makes it possible for individuals convicted of certain criminal offenses to have up to two convictions sealed. Simple Compliance with a Complex Law, 11/14/2017.

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Musk: Tesla Roadster Will Use SpaceX Tech and Have Rocket Boosters

The Truth About Cars

Tesla presented the “new” Roadster back in 2017, but the car isn’t expected to officially launch until next year. Before buying Twitter, he tweeted that the car would be available with a SpaceX package that adds 10 “small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around the car.” So, a flying, rocket-powered EV that is somehow street-legal.

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First Tesla Semi deliveries to PepsiCo are starting this Q4: CEO

Teslarati

This bodes well for the ramp of the all-electric Class 8 truck, which has already seen several delays since its unveiling in late 2017. “Actually, transportation is about 10% of our overall gas emissions, so it’s important, and we’re working on different solutions. These vehicles were reportedly the Tesla Semi.

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The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Was By Far the Most-Stolen Car of the Last Three Years

The Truth About Cars

The previously most-stolen vehicle, the Infiniti Q60, had only two thefts per 1,000 vehicles when it topped the 2017-2019 list. The Dodge Charger Hellcat models saw 25 whole-vehicle theft claims per 1,000 insured vehicles, which HLDI said is up from 18 for 2019-2021 models.

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Adventurers Take Nissan Ariya Across Globe

The Truth About Cars

Following 10 months and over 18,000 miles of driving, a pair of explorers have completed an epic drive from our planet’s North Pole to its South Pole. The adventurers began planning what eventually became this Pole-to-Pole Challenge way back in 2017 after completing the Mongol Rally in a Nissan Leaf. Two birds, one stone, and so forth.

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How One Bad Manny Can P**s Away Your Brand

Creative Greenius

On October 10 I got this voicemail from Manny at Leviton. And now I’m telling the story here on my blog and sharing it on LinkedIn. It was a Leviton brand charger and it cost over $1300 but it came with a 10 year warranty, so we hired an electrician to install it and the 50amp breakers it needed. Joe Galliani.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

The Truth About Cars

The Vietnamese car company has only been around since 2017. All VinFast customers who purchase or lease a VinFast electric vehicle are eligible for VinFast’s aftersales policies, including a 10-year/125,000-mile warranty for the vehicle and 10-year unlimited mileage for the battery under non-commercial use.