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Tesla FSD fleet passes 1 billion-mile milestone

Teslarati

Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) users have passed a significant milestone. As per the electric vehicle maker, Tesla drivers have driven over 1 billion miles on FSD. That’s a cumulative number of miles that exceeds the distance between the Earth and Saturn. Tesla has been pushing FSD (Supervised) V12.3

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

In 1989, GM was selling small cars with a variety of origins, including the slightly revised Toyota Corollas (branded as the Chevrolet Nova) that were assembled in a joint Toyota-GM plant in Fremont, California (now home to Tesla). Tesla is the poster child for this option, and so far, it’s working.

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My Tesla arrives in Los Angeles!

Revenge of the Electric Car

My brand new silver all-electric Tesla Roadster sportscar (#23) arrived by truck in Los Angeles yesterday. Shrouded in plastic and tucked into the back of a semi with three other Tesla’s, it waited to be rolled onto the streets of Los Angeles. A day when Tesla too has challenges, but a car in-hand. It’s alive!

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

Today, there are high-end cars like the Tesla Roadster ($80,000) and the Fetish ($120,000) with future possibilities from LionEV, AC Propulsion and LionEV coming up for probably close to $30K. The Saturn came up a distant second, but everyone agreed that the Civic was the best.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

The brand died in 2009 as GM declared bankruptcy, restructured with US government backing, and jettisoned not only Hummer but also Pontiac, Saab and Saturn. Before Tesla, they were seen as nerdy golf carts, far from usable as “real cars.” After all, that’s exactly what Tesla did.

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Smart Move

Revenge of the Electric Car

kilowatt-hour battery pack produced by Tesla Motors Inc., Smart brought in Lajdziak, the former chief of the Saturn brand for General Motors Co., . “The mere perception in the marketplace of Smart is of an environmentally friendly vehicle.&#. The Smart fortwo—the smallest car sold in the U.S.—is Smart sold 24,622 cars in the U.S.

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Plug-In Prius Goes Up to 12 Miles on Electricity Only - AllCarsElectric.com

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