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U.K. Dealer Sells 'Death Trap' Twice, Faces Jail Time

The Truth About Cars

The United States doesn't have a monopoly on shady car dealerships. He sold the car through his store, Shelby's of Netherton. He then apparently sold the same car a month later, despite not having fixed any of the car's problems. When Hickman sold the car a second time, the customer paid 4,300 pounds.

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Tesla Owners Throw Party To Thank Store, Service Staff

Green Car Reports

The Tesla Model S recently earned even more praise from Consumer Reports, scoring 103 out of 100 on the magazine's rating scale. Carmakers sometimes make gestures to demonstrate their appreciation of loyal customers, but it's rare for that scenario to be reversed.

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Toyota Rumored to Debut Performance Automatic Transmission for GR Models Next Month

The Truth About Cars

This may just be more publicized speculation from Japan’s Magazine X. Its massive booth will fall under the banner of "Getting more passionate about cars with car lovers,” which presumably translates better as Japanese. That said, we still like the sentiment and are eager to see what the company has in store.

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The Battery Revolution Is Just Getting Started

Cars That Think

Not only will batteries be needed for our phones, laptops, power tools, cars, ships, and planes, but also to store energy from renewable sources. He also said that the same sort of performance increase would not happen for devices that needed to store energy. Batteries are key to decarbonizing our economies. No Moore's Law.

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Audi sets new lap record for diesels on Sachsenring; electric compressor overcomes turbo lag, enhances sprint performance

Green Car Congress

Audi has set a new record time on the Sachsenring for cars with a diesel engine. The Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept is based on a technical concept car that Audi presented in summer 2014 on the 25 th anniversary of the TDI engine. Since then, the car was further developed for racetrack duty. The competition concept car’s 3.0

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Can We Harness Kinetic Energy to Reduce our Carbon Footprint?

Clean Fleet Report

KERS technology allows for the capture and storage of energy that is typically lost during braking or deceleration in vehicles, such as cars, buses and trains. By fitting vehicles with KERS, the kinetic energy generated during braking can be converted into electricity and stored in batteries or other energy storage systems.

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

Teslarati

The new Elon Musk essay was published in China Cyberspace , the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) flagship magazine. In a way, the publication of the new Elon Musk essay in the CAC’s flagship magazine is significant. Thank you for the invitation from China Cyberspace magazine. Posted by Elon Musk.

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