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The Future Of Tesla Is In Musk’s Hands

CleanTechnica EVs

How does a 2023 New York Times magazine cover frame the Tesla CEO in light of upcoming lawsuits? Is the company in the grasp of a leader whose perceived spontaneity is really the product of calculated thinking?

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Farewell, Philip E. Ross

Cars That Think

Phil started his journalism career in 1987 in the Detroit bureau of The New York Times. After a couple of years, much of it spent reporting on the technology of cars and factories, he jumped to Scientific American. Private Eye magazine from the 1970s. The first science article I edited was on nanoclusters ,” he recalls.

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BMW X5 xDrive35d Named 2012 Diesel Car of the Year

Green Car Reports

This morning, the BMW X5 xDrive35d was named the 2012 Diesel Car of the Year by the readers of The Diesel Driver magazine. The BMW beat the new Volkswagen Passat TDI, which placed second, and the VW Golf TDI, which garnered third place. Altogether, 13 passenger cars and light trucks competed for the award.

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Life With Tesla Model S: Three Days Of Service Nirvana

Green Car Reports

A few months ago, some minor glitches in my 2013 Tesla Model S were fixed at the Tesla service center in White Plains, New York. It was a perfectly satisfactory experience, pretty much like any other service visit: Drive to the shop, read magazines for a couple of hours, get the car back, drive home.

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Tesla Model S: Glitches, Quirks, and Peccadilloes Roundup

Green Car Reports

The New York Times has called the all-electric luxury sport sedan a game-changer, comparable to the Model T Ford. It's won virtually every 2012 "Car of the Year" honor, including the only unanimous Motor Trend award in the magazine's 65-year history. To put it mildly, the Tesla Model S has been a resounding success.

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Celebrating the Life of Columbia Professor Stephen Unger

Cars That Think

From Bell Labs to Columbia Unger received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1952 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, now the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He was a Guggenheim Fellow as well as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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DOE announces Apps for Vehicles Challenge Winners

Green Car Congress

DOE awarded New York City-based Dash the Judges’ Prize and MyCarma , headquartered in Troy, Michigan, the Popular Choice prize. Specialized technical support was provided in the form of sample data creation by Ford Motor Company’s “OpenXC Platform” and Moj.io, a startup company focused on utilizing vehicle data and connecting cars.