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Flipped Tesla Cybertruck now on sale again for $289,999

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The Tesla Cybertruck that was recently sold at auction for $244,000 has now gone on sale again, this time through a Florida dealership trying to get $289,999 out of it. Porsche South Orlando purchased the Cybertruck on Manheim Auction for $244,000 last week , despite a no-resale policy from Tesla.

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

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During the pandemic, Volkswagen fell behind in the Chinese auto market as companies like BYD, Nio, and Tesla took over, with the competition nearly doubling the market’s EV and hybrid offerings (via Bloomberg ). Volkswagen had just around 145,000 sales. Credit: Bloomberg Volkswagen hasn’t exactly had a smooth introduction to BEVs.

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Big DEED turnout in Dayton 

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The 28 privately-owned and 5 dealership-owned electric vehicles (EVs) were viewed by well over 100 EV enthusIasts in a parking garage at the Austin Landing retail center between Dayton and Cincinnati. Jeffrey Pizza of White Allen Euro Group with Porsch Taycan. Jeffrey Pizza of White Allen Euro Group with Porsch Taycan.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

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Of all those companies, Renault was the only one to score big-time North American sales success. It wasn't as quick on the ice as his Porsche 356-engined Beetle, but he held onto it until it rusted to nothingness (i.e., There were multiple factors behind the decline of Dauphine sales at the dawn of the 1960s.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Porsche Taycan 6,822. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. Volkswagen ID4 10,685. Nissan Leaf 10,238.

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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On July 26, in a rare glimpse into progress on his company's purported game-changer battery, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in true Muskian form, raising hopes and tempering expectations in one cryptic swoop : We have successfully validated performance and lifetime of our 4680 cells produced at our Kato facility in California.

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Tesla gets stern snub from its new home state’s EV rebate program

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These include 22 BMW models, 17 models from Porsche, 15 from Audi, 6 from Mercedes-Benz, and 14 cars from Ford. Tesla, the Austin-based EV maker that’s poised to provide at least 20,000 direct jobs and 100,000 indirect jobs over time in the state thanks to Gigafactory Texas, was deemed ineligible for the state’s EV credit.

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