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Ford Announces New Mustang Appearance Package, Anniversary Event, and Mystery Update

The Truth About Cars

Meanwhile, Blue Oval is planning to invite fans to the Charlotte Motor Speedway to preview a forthcoming appearance package and celebrate their favorite sports car. The event is supposed to include “track and drift ride-alongs, the latest Mustang news, and a first-hand look at the world’s racing Mustangs.” Images: Ford Motor Co.]

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NHTSA ODI opens preliminary evaluation of Tesla Autopilot following 11 crashes at first responder scenes

Green Car Congress

The investigation will additionally assess the Object and Event Detection and Response (OEDR) by vehicles when engaged in Autopilot mode, and Operational Design Domain (ODD) in which the Autopilot mode is functional. The eleven crashes of concern to ODI are: Date. City/County. 07/10/2021. 05/19/2021. 03/17/2021. 02/27/2021. Montgomery County.

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France courts Elon Musk with Tesla Gigafactory offer, even as it mulls Twitter ban

Teslarati

While speaking with CNBC ‘s Charlotte Reed at the Viva Tech conference in Paris, the minister noted that there has been a lot of effort that’s been done to make the idea of a potential Gigafactory France feasible. .” France wants to become the home of Tesla’s next Gigafactory.

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Jaguar I-PACE

EV Driver

Over the past week Linda and Charlie have been all over the place attending the Vindis Electric Revolution event in Alconbury and then on to the Fully Charged Live show at the Silverstone race track. Written by Charlotte Dautzenberg seconds truly isn’t for the faint-hearted and we LOVED it! After all, EVs are the future.

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Gadget’s New World

Revenge of the Electric Car

Most people would have been knocked flat by such a turn of events, but the fire seems to have made Gadget and his wife, Charlotte, even more determined to push for a plug-in future. As 2009 progresses, we’ll be at Gadget and Charlotte’s side as they rebuild their lives.

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Ford CEO: Ford to focus on 5 key areas of innovation: mobility, autonomy, connectivity, customer experience and performance

Green Car Congress

In a pre-Christmas media event, Ford president and CEO Mark Fields said while 2014 was a good year for the company, 2015 has the potential to be a “ breakthrough year ”. In conjunction with the media event, Ford announced that it, Magna International Inc. Earlier post.).

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Riding the tide

Electric Auto Association

Charlotte chapter meets new challenges from the increase in EV demand. Since the recent rise in interest in electric vehicles (EVs), Charlotte Electric Vehicle Association (CEVA) President Jess Montgomery has become the go-to EV expert in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. Cars and Coffee event.