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Tesla Cybertruck becomes vehicle of choice for Amish solar provider

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Ben Zook was raised in Gordonville, Pennsylvania, where his family lived in a home that was never connected to the power grid. As noted in a report from The Sunday Times , everything changed for Zook when his father gave him a battery powered teddy bear. Zook and his siblings also traveled to school by horse and cart.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Toyotas Mr. Asakura expressed skepticism about the concept of a plug-in hybrid car that would run only on battery power for 40 miles, the idea central to the Chevrolet Volt concept.

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