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2018 Tesla Model 3 Long Range: first drive review of 310-mile electric car

Green Car Reports

” That pair of sentences perfectly summarized the several hours we spent last month with the 2018 Tesla Model 3 kindly loaned to us by reader Jeff Southern of Atlanta. We’d covered more than 100 miles on a variety of highways, back roads, and suburban stop-and-go. The Model 3 is a product.”

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

Green Car Congress

million miles of driving this year by 425 vehicles in its fleets at the Porsche Experience Centers in Atlanta and Los Angeles, as well as cars in the Porsche Passport subscription service and Porsche Drive short-term rental programs. PCNA estimates it will offset more than 3.5 How much does it cost?

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Lyft commits to 100% EVs by 2030

Green Car Congress

Percent of total miles completed on the Lyft platform in EVs and business-as-usual projection for California, the US leader in EV market share. In 2018, Lyft started a carbon-offsets program to make rides on the Lyft platform carbon-neutral. Lyft said that the potential benefits to drivers are very significant.

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Blue Bird, Fulton Co. Schools join Audi, Applied Information on connected vehicle deployment to boost school bus and school zone safety

Green Car Congress

The Fulton County School System, located in the Greater Atlanta Metropolitan Area, has also joined the deployment, lending its expertise in school transportation and infrastructure. It also benefits from carrying a license for PC5 direct wireless communication within 75 square miles of its facility. Blue Bird Corp., Temple, Inc.,

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Meritor collaborating with Peterbilt on all-electric Class 8 trucks; selects UQM as supplier for e-axles

Green Car Congress

At WasteExpo 2017, Peterbilt displayed a Model 520 refuse truck equipped with the Transpower ElecTruck drive system, which has accumulated over 80,000 miles of Class 8 heavy duty use in a variety of commercial applications since 2013. Functional testing has begun in 2018 with anticipated production beginning in 2019.

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Tips for purchasing a new EV amid a vehicle shortage

Plug in America

Vehicles like the Chevy Volt and current generation 2018-2021 Nissan Leaf are available at reasonable prices nationwide. In larger metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Atlanta, or Seattle, where EVs are in high demand, prices are higher but have more inventory available than in suburban or rural areas.

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Eco real estate

Electric Auto Association

Christopher Matos-Rogers’ Tesla parked outside the Atlanta Realtors Center. When Christopher Matos-Rogers launched a new career as an Atlanta-area real estate agent a decade ago, he had just spent five years as a marine biologist and he knew what was up with climate change. I was determined to be that realtor here in Atlanta.”

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