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Tesla’s war against direct sales wages on with big win in Virginia

Teslarati

This decision goes against the wishes of the Virginia Automobiles Dealers Association (VADA), which will not plan a legal challenge. Holcomb decided to grant Tesla permission to open the stores based on public opinion. The three stores have not had their locations finalized, the company said.

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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive company to meet the demanding legal requirements of UN-R157 for a Level 3 system for conditionally automated driving. The German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has granted system approval for this on the basis of the technical approval regulation UN-R157 (UN Regulation No.

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Mercedes-Benz first automotive company to certify SAE Level 3 automated driving system for US market; Nevada first state

Green Car Congress

The map data is stored in backend data centers and updated constantly. Each vehicle also stores an image of this map information on board, constantly compares it with the backend data and updates the local dataset as required.

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Tesla Gets Green Light To Open Store In Natick, Massachusetts

Green Car Reports

After more than an hour of discussion last night, the town selectmen of Natick, Massachusetts, voted 4-1 to grant a license to sell cars to Tesla Motors Massachusetts. The local company, which the Selectmen concluded was legally separate from Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], will operate out of a property on West Central Street in the town.

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Rural EV charging incentivized in much of the US with Biden guidance

Baua Electric

The Biden administration will use a broad legal interpretation to provide tax credits to EV charging projects in a large swath of the country. FreeWire Boost Charger at convenience store According to the White House, the number of publicly available EV charging ports has grown by over 70% since President Biden took office.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

Green Car Congress

Power 2013 Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) study data on customer satisfaction with new car dealerships and Tesla stores. These expose dealers to legal liability for misstatements or for communicating misleading information to customers. They also analyzed national and state-level J.D. Other incentive-related uncertainties abound.

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