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A Tesla Model 3 Road Trip to Corsica (with Pictures)

CleanTechnica EVs

My friend Marco “Speedy” Jeanrenaud, a resident of the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland, is a lifelong car lover — over the years, he has owned, among others, a 1976 Cadillac, a Dodge Charger, several Ford Mustangs, a Range Rover SUV, and Harley and BMW motorcycles. In 2016, he bought a Model S, and soon […].

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Tesla Now Selling More Vehicles In USA Than Lexus, Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, & Many Others

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I just published a report highlighting the fact that Tesla’s US sales have been growing as the overall auto market has tanked, and I also published one looking at companies’ EV share of auto sales (Tesla being at 100%, of course). I nearly closed all my Google Sheets and left the topic of US EV […].

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Jeep-owner Stellantis and California strike Trump-proof deal on emissions

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Back in 2020, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, and BMW struck a special agreement with California to measure CARB compliance by sales nationwide, not just in CARB states. Together, we have found a win-win solution that is good for the customer and good for the planet,” said Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares. “We

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Trofeo

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The Ghibli Trofeo, with its muscular design, looks nothing like its closest competitors—the BMW M-series, Mercedes-Benz’ AMG line or Cadillac’s Blackwing models. Maserati is part of the family that also makes Dodge, Chrysler, Ram and Jeep, so there are some shared bits and pieces in the cabin, specifically the infotainment system.

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Levante Trofeo

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Clean Fleet Report drove the Levante Trofeo with the Ferrari-built twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter The design is just different enough that it is easily differentiated from its closest competitors—the BMW X5, Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S and the Porsche Cayenne. With options, Clean Fleet Report’s 2022 Levante Trofeo had a MSRP of $170,395.

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US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019

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It’s time for another one of our quarterly US auto sales reports. No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these. First, before getting into the automaker comparisons for the second quarter of 2023 versus the second quarters of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, […]

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US Auto Sales Down 21% vs. Q3 2019 — Tesla Up 169%

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US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […].

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