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New OnStar app shows cost of Volt charging

Green Car Congress

OnStar is testing a smartphone app that tells Chevrolet Volt owners how much it costs to charge their battery and compares their Volt’s energy use with the total energy consumed in their home by day, month or year. Based on electricity rates, the data is broken down to show the cost of both total energy usage and Volt charging energy use.

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SpaceX filing shows plans for massive building in Bastrop County

Teslarati

SpaceX recently filed for a massive building in Bastrop County, Texas which is just east of Austin. The estimated cost of the project is $43 million and the building is expected to be completed by July 2023. We don’t know.

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Opinion: Tesla and India is the right thing at the wrong time

Teslarati

Any person with any sort of knowledge about India and cars knows that it is an expensive place to own one, especially if it was not built there. Getting cars from outside of India into the country doubles the cost of the vehicle on most occasions due to import duties. However, there were still hoops to jump through.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla Q1 2024 earnings call

Teslarati

Elon Musk also personally thanks Viecha for his contributions to the company. He also noted that the costs of Model Y production in Austin and Berlin are closing in on Fremont’s costs. He thanks the company and his peers in the Tesla executive team for the experience.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

With gas prices going up and the cost of electric cars coming down, there are real economic benefits to driving electric,” said April Bolduc, EAA President. We’ve been getting a lot of very positive feedback on both the in-person and virtual events nationwide,” said Bolduc. NDEW event in Upple Saddle River, New Jersey.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

With gas prices going up and the cost of electric cars coming down, there are real economic benefits to driving electric,” said April Bolduc, EAA President. We’ve been getting a lot of very positive feedback on both the in-person and virtual events nationwide,” said Bolduc. NDEW event in Upple Saddle River, New Jersey.

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Goal!

Plug In Partners

As stated at the opening press conference by Austin's Mayor Will Wynn in January, 2006, “ Plug-in hybrids represent a real near-term solution to America’s over-reliance on foreign oil imports and energy prices that escalate the cost of everything and threaten the very economic life of our nation,” “The technology exists today ,” Wynn says.

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