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Consumer Reports finds interest in EVs is rising in the US

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Consumer Reports has released the results from its largest ever national survey, and it found that over a third of Americans are interested in buying electric vehicles. Compared to a Texas poll that we covered previously in Teslarati , Consumer Reports ‘ poll showed a lower level of interest. Credit: Consumer Reports.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Description. City of Fairfield. 746,456.

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Tesla Model 3 price cuts puts new car cheaper than some used Model 3s

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The Tesla Model 3 price cuts have put the cost of a new base Tesla Model 3 lower than that of some used Tesla Model 3s in some cities. The Model 3 has already become cheaper to buy than ever before in the U.S. Wild, Tesla has made buying a new Model 3 cheaper than buying one used. due to the recent price cuts.

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UT Arlington project for Navy investigating how batteries age when run at high rates

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A University of Texas at Arlington engineering researcher is working to determine how oversized a battery has to be while operating safely and efficiently during its lifetime of use by the US Navy. A $288,000 ONR DURIP grant, along with Dr. Jain, to buy equipment that enhances the quality of the thermal characterization of batteries.

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Opinion: Tesla and India is the right thing at the wrong time

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Getting cars from outside of India into the country doubles the cost of the vehicle on most occasions due to import duties. It would only be able to do this by building them in Fremont, California, Austin, Texas, Brandenburg, Germany, or Shanghai, China , and then shipping them to India.

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SpaceX is building launch pad tanks out of Starship parts and that’s a big deal

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SpaceX has begun installing the first of numerous propellant storage tanks at its first orbital South Texas launch facilities – a mostly ordinary and expected step made extraordinary by the fact that those tanks will be built out of Starship parts. Just dawned on me that this is a much bigger deal than it might seem.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. University of Texas at Austin. Municipal fleet electrification. University of Washington.

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