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This Cheap Used Tesla Model S With 450,000 Miles Seems Remarkably Good

InsideEVs

While it’s not the highest-mileage Model S we’ve ever documented, a former taxi right-hand drive example from 2017 looks really solid.

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Report: Tesla Readying New Model 3 Performance

The Truth About Cars

InsideEVs reported that X/Twitter users have been sharing screenshots of leaked documents from South Korea that appear to show a new Model 3 variant with a possible 412-horsepower rear motor. While it’s still less expensive than many competitors, the new Performance almost certainly won’t be cheap.

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Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, cheap renewables, tax credits: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

California regulatory documents show range estimates for the new Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid. A new report shows that building new renewable power can be cheaper than running old coal plants. Automakers join forces to lobby for extending electric-car tax credits. And California preps for half a million electric cars.

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China issues draft guidelines to rein in lithium battery industry – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Existing factories in protected areas should be shut down or “strictly control their scale and gradually move away”, according to the document. The guidelines also urge firms against building production facilities on protected farmland or ecologically important areas.

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Baker Institute: End of the ‘Big Oil giveaway’ is underway in the Persian Gulf

Green Car Congress

In recent years, all six Gulf monarchies—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain—have begun to challenge the notion that citizens are entitled to cheap energy. The authors said energy subsidies have long outlived their usefulness.

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Exclusive: FAA Investigates If It's Safer to Leave Cellphones On

Cars That Think

The series of tests, which occurred this summer in the skies over Virginia, used commercial smartphones connecting to standard 4G and 5G wireless networks operated by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, according to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC). You need to be warned if that GPS signal is leading you astray."

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union.

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