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QOTD: What's Next for Cheap Cars?

The Truth About Cars

There are fewer cheap new cars on the market than ever, it seems, and the picture looks worse with the death of the Mitsubishi Mirage. These are usually not good cars -- I drove a rented Nissan Versa to upstate New York and back last summer and was quite happy to give the keys back -- but some people can only afford cheap cars.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

Canada border outside of Buffalo, New York. But it seems a strange news hook to peg an unfocused, factually-challenged anti-speed screed on. What happened in New York was a tragedy, especially for those who knew the Villanis. As for F, we know the car was speeding, but we don’t know WHY. All of the above?

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RPI team develops method to use paper-making by-product in lithium-sulfur batteries

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have now developed a method to use this cheap and abundant waste byproduct to build a components for lithium-sulfur batteries. Initial funding for the research came from the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I).

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Is curbside charging the solution for the Plight of the Drivewayless? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Solutions from the clever to the silly have been proposed, but if we look at dense cities where adoption is already well advanced, we’re bound to conclude that the answer is simply curbside charging—lots of small, cheap chargers that can fit into existing street hardware such as lampposts.

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Tesla Full Self-Driving Super Bowl ad aims criticism at driver assistance suite

Teslarati

Over the past year or so, the Dawn Project has not only run full-page advertisements against the suite in the New York Times but has also attempted to run Twitter advertisements that put the suite in a negative light. 93% agree it should be banned. The ad costs $598,000 to run, a spokesperson for the Dawn Project told CNN.

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SEC removes emissions requirements from climate rules draft

Teslarati

The SEC has removed a requirement for companies listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to disclose their Scope 3 emissions, according to people who asked to remain anonymous in statements to Reuters last week. Economist says cheap Chinese EVs should be kept out of U.S.

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Electric cars from Infiniti, portable chargers, fines increase, take our mpg poll: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Infiniti announces a new lineup of electric cars in China, new portable electric car chargers are fast and cheap, New York federal appeals court reinstates increase in fines for automakers who miss fuel economy targets, and our weekly Twitter poll: Tell us what gas mileage level you think average cars should get.