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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

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That’s three times the output of the Buick-based Rover V-8 that first powered these trucks in 1979, and nine times that of the anemic 50-hp gasoline engine the Rover boasted at its birth, in 1948. The rest are sourced new from Chinese suppliers such as. recently adopted for standard-range Teslas in the United States).

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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Even in the Chinese market where smaller EV sales are booming, profits are not. Total cost of ownership of EVs is generally less than an ICE vehicle over its expected life since they have lower maintenance costs and electricity is less expensive per mile than gasoline, and tax incentives and rebates help a lot as well.

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