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The Lawsuit’s Allegations The proposed class-action lawsuit claimed that Tesla is speeding up its vehicles’ odometers so that they can fall out of warranty quicker. Hinton claimed that based on other vehicles and driving history, his car was stating that he was driving 72 miles a day when he usually drove just 20 miles at most.
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Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity to take the Civic Hybrid on a 970-mile, mostly freeway, road trip from Southern to Northern California and back. miles per gallon. It has great looks, rides like it is in a class-up, has all the technology you would want and is amazingly efficient. It is just an excellent sedan.
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Efficient style The EPA rates the Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor at 350 all-electric miles (AER) with an efficiency of 35 kWh per 100 miles. We took delivery with 300 AER, but after 259 miles of combination highway and freeway driving, we had only 70 miles left on the dash read-out. kWh per 100 miles.
of torque for a 200 mile all-electric driving range (AER). kWh Long Range battery DC Fast Charging 10-80%: 43 minutes Add approximately 100 miles in 15 minutes The Kona Electric was easy to charge using the MyHyundai with Bluelink app that offers plug-and-charge at these public charging networks.
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These vehicles will be utilized by XPO Logistics and NAL Group in their support of IKEA Retail US last-mile delivery efforts. The Lightning Electric Class 4 commercial box trucks will deliver products to all five boroughs of New York City. The electric trucks will service all five boroughs, IKEA said.
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Gatik is the market leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial delivery service with Walmart.
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We now offer the broadest range of electric powertrain products in the industry, with high-quality zero-emission powertrains available for commercial and government fleets on Class 3 through 7 Ford, GM, and city bus platforms that are readily available and supported by a large number of service partners, upfitters, and accessory lines.
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With more than 600 vehicles on the road today, the company’s battery systems have been proven over 20 million service miles driven and selected by world-class commercial vehicle manufacturers to electrify delivery vehicles, construction equipment, school buses, coach buses, and more.
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