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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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Big DEED turnout in Dayton 

Electric Auto Association

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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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

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Volkswagen’s global sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) haven’t managed to accelerate as fast as rivals Tesla or BYD, and the threat of growing EV startups also looms. Volkswagen had just around 145,000 sales. automaker’s lineup-wide price cuts made throughout this year. billion in settlement money to vehicle owners.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

The Truth About Cars

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

Clean Fleet Report

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. This list is subjective and weighted toward functionality with an emphasis on fun, but also factors in sales numbers.

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

Cars That Think

Tesla continues to dominate EV sales in America, but its seemingly insurmountable lead in driving range is under assault. It would be enough to supply 20 million annual Teslas (or rival automakers who buy Tesla batteries), versus roughly 500,000 global Tesla sales in 2020.

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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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