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Tesla Model 3 Performance export fleet spotted in Shanghai Southport Terminal

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Car carrier trucks carrying new Tesla Model 3 Performance units were also filmed delivering vehicles to the Shanghai Southport Terminal. The new Model 3 Performance has the potential to become quite disruptive in its class. After all, apart from its specs, the new top-tier Model 3 is priced very reasonably.

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Lightning Systems electric shuttle buses now offered on CALACT purchasing contract

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City and county governments, transportation agencies, as well as nonprofits, can order all-electric Class 3 to 5 passenger buses under the program. CALACT provides oversight for the purchase of more than 800 buses annually and is the largest co-op of its kind in the United States.

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Continental Structural Plastics perfects carbon fiber RTM process, launches production programs

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When CSP set up its Center of Excellence for Lightweight Technologies and Carbon Fiber Processes in Pouancé, France, in 2013, the goal was to develop processes to make the use of carbon fiber in high volume applications affordable and feasible. We have been targeting a 3-minute cycle time using 100 percent recycled carbon fiber.

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Tesla Model Y price cuts have brought costs below U.S. average

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Tesla’s most recent round of price cuts to the Model Y have brought the vehicle’s introductory trim level to a starting price below that of the average new car or truck in the United States. at $47,749, $759 more than the cost of the introductory Model Y. Over 750,000 EVs were bought by Americans last year, and 5.7

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Cal Energy Commission awards Shell $4M to develop and demonstrate multi-modal hydrogen refueling station; road and rail

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However, these applications need the hydrogen refueling station to be in place in order to come to market, and they also need an affordable cost of hydrogen to be competitive with diesel for long-term operation and increased adoption.

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Will EV adoption be stunted by lofty consumer expectations?

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The first surprising piece of data is how much the United States lags in interest in electric vehicles. Despite the near-constant messaging from governments, media sites, and automakers alike, the cost of ownership was by far the most significant attractor for consumers. In the U.S.,

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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Nuclear-powered submarines, such as the Virginia - class fast-attack submarine, each cost roughly US $2.8 And that’s just the purchase price; the total life cycle cost for the new Columbia - class ballistic-missile submarine is estimated to exceed $395 billion. Even in the Cold War, when the United States and the U.K.