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This new Texas power company’s electricity comes with a home battery

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Image: Base Power Base Power just became the only licensed electricity provider in Texas to offer customers an all-in-one monthly energy service, home battery, and installation, and solar isn’t required. Texas is No. The company plans to add a solar + storage offering “in the future.” Get started here. –

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Texas-based MOD Bikes launches 28 MPH full suspension adventure e-bike

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MOD Bikes, the Austin, Texas-based e-bike maker with a flair for the unconventional , has just announced the newest addition to its electric bike lineup. For riders who want even more range, a factory-installed second battery is available, doubling the max range to 100 miles (160 km). FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Volvo Cars brings Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert to the US

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Volvo Cars is partnering with Waycare Technologies to enable data from Volvo’s Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert to be shared anonymously with transportation municipalities and the popular Waze navigation app. Connected safety data-sharing between Volvo cars is available throughout the US.

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US new light-duty diesel sales dropped slightly in 2016 to 280,000 units from 300,000 in 2015

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The US added more than 280,000 new diesel passenger vehicles across the country in 2016, with Texas, California and Florida having the highest numbers of diesel vehicles, according to a Diesel Technology Forum analysis of the latest Vehicles in Operation (VIO) data compiled by IHS Automotive (December 2016).

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Tesla brings Quicksilver and Midnight Cherry Red Model Y to Giga Texas ahead of Investor Day

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Tesla appears to be displaying its latest innovations at the upcoming Investor Day event in Gigafactory Texas. The vehicles were spotted in a drone flyover from Giga Texas watcher Brad Sloan , who captured footage of the complex on February 28, 2023. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Toyota’s San Antonio plant begins production of 2023 all-hybrid Sequoia

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (Toyota Texas, TMMTX) has started production for the all-new, all-hybrid 2023 Toyota Sequoia. With available Load-Leveling Rear Height Control Air Suspension and Adaptive Variable Suspension, settings expand to include Comfort, Sport S+ and Custom. Earlier post.) billion.

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IHS Markit: supply chain challenges to impact global light vehicle production well into 2022

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For the first half of 2021, the semiconductor shortage issue was mainly that of wafer, front-end capacity, caused by a variety of factors, including disruptions due to the fire at Renesas’s Naka facility and the ice storm in Texas that impacted NXP, Infineon and Samsung fabs. Global Light Vehicle Production Forecast Implications.

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