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Tesla Roadster 3.0: 70-kWh Battery, Aero Kit, New Tires, For 400-Mile Range

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package, which Roadster owners will be able to purchase in the future to update the battery pack, aerodynamics, and tires of their 2008-2012 Tesla Roadster electric sports cars. Tesla Motors announced today that it has prototyped a "Roadster 3.0"

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Tesla launches Event Data Recorder Resources to help owners access vehicle data

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The original Tesla Roadster, which was produced from 2008-2012, is not included in the list, as the all-electric sports car is equipped with an RCM but not an EDR. . A Tesla EDR Retrieval Hardware Kit, which includes genuine cables compatible with the EV maker’s vehicles, could be purchased from Crash Data Group for $1,200. .

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GM Shanghai GM Sign $600M Agreement to Export Vehicles, Machinery and Equipment from US to China

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In the presence of Chinese National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo and Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Ma Xiuhong, representatives from GM and Shanghai GM formalized an agreement for the purchase of complete vehicles, vehicle kits, machinery and equipment by the GM joint venture from its parent company.

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Daimler Trucks Boosts Stake in Russian Truck Manufacturer KAMAZ to 11%

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The purchase price was not disclosed. Daimler Trucks began a strategic partnership with KAMAZ, Russian Technologies and Troika Dialog in December 2008, when Daimler acquired a 10% stake in KAMAZ. As a result of this transaction, the EBRD would obtain a seat on the KAMAZ Board of Directors.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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At today’s prices, with a 40 kWh system, a vehicle manufacturer would likely be paying $35-$45,000 for a battery solution which would include the modules, the control electronics, energy management systems, diagnostic kits and firmware. “ Valence signed a supply agreement in December 2008 and started shipping battery packs shortly afterwards.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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The Asian electronics industry takes off In 1995, Tan resigned from Sanyo and purchased Trek, a small, family-run electronics component trading firm in his old neighborhood of Geylang, for just shy of US $1 million. An appeals court in the United Kingdom, however, was not persuaded, and Trek lost its patent there in 2008.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Our customers purchase their vehicles on spreadsheets, Waters explained. We .  will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The 100 m.p.g.

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