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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

We usually choose the grocery stores and malls that have installed chargers.” A guy with pictures of his car in hot rod magazines understands.” Last summer, he drove his Tesla cross country to San Diego. We show up at a parking lot and we’ll shoot the breeze. It’s been great to have a cause like this,” Erb concluded. “I

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Drivers will need to select the "stealth" mode to rely exclusively on electricity stored in the battery. The Roadster runs exclusively on power stored in its battery: it does not have an onboard generator to extend its range. The stealth mode is a holdover from the origins of the vehicles propulsion system.