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Tesla’s Rebecca Tinucci makes it to TIME 100 Climate list for 2023

Teslarati

Tesla Senior Director for Charging Infrastructure Rebecca Tinucci has been included in the TIME 100 Climate list for 2023. Quite interestingly, Tinucci is the sole Tesla executive named in the TIME 100 Climate list for 2023. This does not mean to say that TIME Magazine has a tendency to ignore Tesla executives, however.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

Teslarati

The magazine was successful in its aim, but it also demonstrated that it takes a very determined driver and an elaborate set of procedures to bypass Tesla’s driver-monitoring systems. . The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Only it didn’t.

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German magazine compares real-world electric-car ranges, efficiencies in cold weather

Green Car Reports

What if you want to set your climate control to a comfortable 70 degrees F? Your electric car, rated for 100 miles, has been charging all night in the cold. Ahead of you lies a 80-mile drive. How confident are you that you'll make it to your destination? Germany's AutoBild wondered the same thing, so it gathered some of.

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China Meteorological Administration: Climate Adaptation More Realistic and Urgent than Mitigation for Food Security

Green Car Congress

While CMA has observed the effects of climate change producing “some favorable factors to grain production in parts of China”, such as increased warming in the colder high latitudes, warming is expected to reduce the country’s overall food production.

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Are Solid-State Batteries the Next Big Breakthrough for EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

As concerns about climate change intensify, there is a growing need to transition away from nonrenewable energy sources, not only in power generation but also in transportation. See more at E Magazine. The environmental implications of moving to solid-state EV batteries are significant. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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We Need to (Finally) Discuss That Road & Track Article

The Truth About Cars

A few weeks ago, venerable car-enthusiast magazine/Web site Road & Track created a mini-controversy with the deletion of an article from the Internet. If not, you have a mess on your hands, especially in today's media climate. Had he let it stand, however begrudgingly, he wouldn't be answering questions about the magazine's ethics.

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Robots and the Humans Who Make Them

Cars That Think

When IEEE Spectrum editors are putting together an issue of the magazine, a story on the website, or an episode of a podcast, we try to facilitate dialogue about technologies, their development, and their implications for society and the planet.