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Tesla Model 3 appears to join Model Y in export from China to Canada

Teslarati

In late April, it appeared Tesla would start shipping the Model Y Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles it builds at Gigafactory Shanghai to Canada after reports from Reuters cited internal production memos, which pointed to the strategy. with the Model 3 being built in Fremont and the Model Y being built in both Fremont and Austin.

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Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

Cars That Think

Deciding he wanted to pursue master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering, Chen moved to the United States to do so at the University of Texas at Austin under the mentorship of Edith Clarke , an EE professor there. Chen founded the university’s first international visiting-scholars program in 1968.

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Tata Takes On Air

Plug In Partners

Nègre has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa. At Austin Energy we recently converted two of the utility’s Priuses to plug-ins. Recently, however, we’ve been getting international inquires. It just doesn't have an electric motor.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Austin Energy by Hymotion, March 2007 Same as above (2 vehicles), contact mark.kapner@austinenergy.com. Motors Ltd, Toyota Prius by ETVM team, January 2009 (Herzliya, Israel), info@etvmotors.com Nikki and Kate Gordon-Bloomfield, 2004 Prius, by Self, February 2009 (Bristol, England). Jim Tech Ltd.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. February 17, 2009 2:31 pm Link CGC (#18 and #21), You make an error in not delving into the efficiency of the internal combustion engine (ICE) and that of power generation. — CGC 22.

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