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Tesla Semi will be incredibly affordable with US’ revamped EV tax credit

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Long-range all-electric trucks like the Tesla Semi will not come cheap. Battery costs are declining quickly, but even Tesla still lists its 300-mile Semi variant with an estimated starting price of $150,000. I really expect Tesla to raise prices on the Semi, its too cheap at this point.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

Green Car Congress

During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. The cost to operate an EV, per mile, is already well below the cost to drive a standard ICE-age model, and the advantage is likely to widen.

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Junkyard Find: 1991 Ford Escort LX 4-Door Hatchback

The Truth About Cars

Did you get air conditioning as standard equipment in the 1991 Escort? Cars of a few decades ago seem cheap by today's standards, but note that the automatic transmission and A/C—which come at no extra cost in nearly all the most miserable 2023 econoboxes—added the 2023 equivalent of $3,352 to the bottom-line cost of this car.

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SETEC POWER provides the perfect solution for mobile EV charging

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The existing standard solution is to build EV charging stations to solve the range problem of electric vehicles. The SETEC Power mobile charging system is specifically designed for fast charging and uses 60kw DC fast charging technology to provide over 100 miles of range in less than 30 minutes. These are the advantages.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

Clean Fleet Report

Low-cost but not cheap. In 180 miles driving through Southern California we averaged a combined 37.7 As a test, part of those miles were driven with the cruise control set at 65 mph where we averaged 44 mpg, and at 60 mph resulting in 51.4 Basic – Five years/60,000 miles. Drivetrain. Kia calls it a five-door.

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Road Test: 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 Duramax 4WD Crew Cab AT4 CarbonPro

Clean Fleet Report

In 235 miles we averaged 25.2 mpg, but on a 100-mile all-freeway run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we got an impressive 29.8 But from the standard and optional equipment, we can tell the Sierra AT4 would handle pretty much whatever you threw at it, short of serious rock crawling. Fuel economy for the 3.0-liter

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

Unlike individual car owners, fleet operators know exactly how many miles their vehicles travel, and they aren’t likely to be swayed by questions of styling or coolness factors—if you can demonstrate that an EV will save them money, then you should be able to make a sale. million miles. Most commercial trucks are engineered for 1.2

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