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General Motors has a growing Tesla repair business

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General Motors (GM) has started to repair Tesla vehicles at its dealerships, making it a growing new business for the legacy automaker. General Motors calculated that every American lives at least 10 miles from one of its dealerships, making it a convenient place to reach when customers need to repair their cars—electric or otherwise.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

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Jim Cramer tries to give Tesla Cybertruck synopsis and gets it all wrong

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However, his charismatic and abrasive personality has undoubtedly not been appealing to everyone. Power’s review of Tesla’s quality in a survey, which pointed out defects in its builds, calling it “nonsense.” Cramer has been one of the most notable names in financial television for the past two decades.

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Elon Musk’s $50K TX house is a humble prefab home that can be towed by a Model X

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has mentioned that he now lives in a ~$50K house at Starbase, Texas, where his private space company, SpaceX, is manufacturing its Starships. A 20×20 unit such as the one that Elon Musk owns is priced at only $50,000, less than the cost of a Model Y Long Range Dual Motor AWD. What do you think?

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USA Rare Earth acquires US rare earth permanent magnet manufacturing capability from Hitachi; mine-to-magnet

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USA Rare Earth, LLC, the funding and development partner of the Round Top Heavy Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Project in West Texas, has purchased the neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) permanent magnet manufacturing equipment formerly owned and operated in North Carolina by Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

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Tesla registers insurance company at Giga Berlin’s address

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Last month, those plans seemed to be pushing forward with the company taking steps to introduce Tesla Insurance in other US states, including Texas, Illinois, and Washington. Last week, Elon Musk shared that Tesla was building up its collision repair capabilities.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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Also on display will be the full-size VF9 SUV, which the company said will integrate a new streaming service CES attendees can experience personally, and an all-new electric bike. But it has been building momentum quickly thanks to being a subsidiary of the multinational concomorate Vingroup.