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Idea For Tesla Energy: Look At Austin’s Whisper Valley For Your Next Solar Neighborhood

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla owner Mallory Tompsett lives in the Whisper Valley area of Austin and had an idea for Tesla Energy. The idea is for Tesla to partner or collaborates with Whisper Valley to create another solar neighborhood.

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Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

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The project aims to build the first Tesla Solar neighborhood, making a sustainable residential community. The Tesla Solar neighborhood was provisionally named SunHouse at Easton Park. Today I'm directing the @PUCTX to take immediate action to improve electric reliability across the state. and Darca on the project.

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This new style of electric tuk-tuk makes me want to drive a taxi in India

Baua Electric

And now, a new era of rickshaws is seeing electric drives enabling interesting new designs. It may just be one of my favorite Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week entries in a while based on just how useful it looks! Got some kids you need to shuttle down the neighborhood to a friend’s house?

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Electric vehicle misconceptions still run rampant, survey shows

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While the vast majority of respondents could discern fact from fiction, indicating that education surrounding electric vehicles has come far, there is still work to be done to make consumers feel safer with these products. While this is a terrible idea, some EVs offer easy neighborhood mobility without needing a driver’s license.

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Electric Car Sharing

Electric Cars are for Girls

Marc Geller mentioned a few minutes ago on Twitter that he rented his electric vehicle to a Canadian through a peer-to-peer car sharing service called Getaround. I love this idea for getting people into electric cars!

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Tesla Semi real-world sightings show that a cleaner, quieter future is possible for the trucking sector

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If anything, they emphasize the idea that it is possible to adopt a cleaner, quieter alternative to conventional trucking solutions featuring large, noisy, Class 8 diesel-powered semitrailers today. BILL GATES: ELECTRIC TRUCKS WILL NEVER HAPPEN. Such issues are directly addressed by vehicles like the Tesla Semi.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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