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Tesla Model 3 Highland candidates continue testing in California

Teslarati

Tesla continues to test Model 3 Highland candidates in California, just days after the first images of the alleged vehicle were shared. New headlights and a revised front bumper design dominated the conversation regarding the exterior. If you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please email me at joey@teslarati.com.

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Look out LandCruiser, Patrol, Range Rover, Benz, BMW: Huge, powerful, pricey BYD Yangwang U8 SUV confirmed for Australia

EV Central

A far cry from the affordable battery electric vehicles led by the Atto 3 with which BYD has established in Australia, the plug-in hybrid Yangwang’s Chinese price converts to about $240,000 here. That’s what I know, we started the conversation today.” 2023 Yangwang U8. The answer is – pretty darn soon! “It’s Todd confirmed.

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Transportation’s Future Is Hybrid – in More Ways Than One

Green Car Congress

We can achieve it by adopting a multi-pronged, multi-dimensional approach that considers factors like propulsion technology, energy sources, energy conversion, and storage options under a hybrid framework. And if our goal is to reduce carbon footprint or increase energy efficiency, we must view it as a crucial optimization.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

These new vehicles, including more affordable models, will use aspects of the next-generation platform as well as aspects of our current platforms and will be able to be produced on the same manufacturing lines as our current vehicle lineup. That’s our mission to get the most affordable cars to customers as fast as possible.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) That said, the interest in conversions continues to validate hybrid technology as a core technology thats here to stay.

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