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Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: You can literally buy a (surprisingly cheap) electric fire truck

Electrek

They’re all about having the coolest, weirdest or craziest personal vehicle on the block. And that’s why I’m starting up my own fire service with the most adorable little electric fire truck that money can buy.

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You Probably Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Buy A 2-Wheel Drive EV

CleanTechnica EVs

” I’ve seen this on social media and in a few in-person conversations. People are starting to see increasingly cheap EV crossovers, and the low prices are getting their attention. “That little Bolt EUV looks great, but I’m waiting for them to make one with all-wheel-drive.”

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

Cars That Think

Connectivity usually comes at a premium, and it also usually involves buying a brand new whatever it is, because new hardware and software and services are required. It's also possible to build your own MHD device for cheap , if you know what you're doing. Whether or not every device you own actually.

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Tesla Model 3s from Hertz are going for as low as $14,000

Baua Electric

Hertz is starting to sell some of its Tesla Model 3s and they are going for pretty cheap – as low as $14,000 with the used EV tax credit. Obviously, the reason those Model 3s are listed so cheap is due to their high mileage over a short period of time and the fact that people are a lot less careful with rental vehicles.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. And we’re really good at that.

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Tesla bulls conflict as Musk Twitter ‘circus’ continues on

Teslarati

While his firm was forced to sell Tesla shares several years ago amid its baffling climb to a trillion-dollar valuation to keep diversification level, he refuses to sell any personally held stock. Baron’s outlook on Tesla’s 50 percent drop from last year is that it is just another buying opportunity for investors.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

I understand that someone who isn’t a car person – and I have no idea of what level of automotive knowledge Kois possesses – might make an unfortunate correlation between the number of gears in a transmission and the amount of power a car’s engine possesses. There’s a lot more that’s wrong with this piece, but let’s start there.

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