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World’s Fastest SUV vs. Gas SUV — Road Trip Time & Cost Comparison

CleanTechnica EVs

We recently had the extreme pleasure, bucket list quality, of traveling from Tampa Bay, Florida, to Austin, Texas, to report on the Tesla Giga Texas Cyber Rodeo grand opening celebration for CleanTechnica. The frosting on the trip was driving to Austin in our new Tesla Model X Plaid delivered on Valentine’s Day.

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Some Thoughts on the Tesla Crash In Texas & Comparison of Autopilot with 2020 Vehicle Crash Data

CleanTechnica EVs

Something horrible happened this weekend, Two men died as a result of someone misusing a Tesla. The Wall Street Journal reported that the authorities thought the vehicle was driving without anyone in the drivers seat. This led to a huge uproar and the resurfacing of old, baseless myths about Tesla Autopilot along with more general […].

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Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

Green Car Congress

The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa. The project began in the lab about eight years ago and was first brought into the field for pilot-scale testing, with funding from the US Department of Energy, in Texas and North Dakota oilfields. The team is back in the lab to find a fix.

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2020 Thanksgiving week gasoline consumption in US lowest since 1997

Green Car Congress

Year-on-year comparisons are even more significant at the regional level, with some regions seeing declines of 20% or more from Thanksgiving Week 2019. For decades, California led all US states in consumption of gasoline, but that position has been passed to Texas, which finds smaller year-on-year volume declines of 15.8%.

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Tesla revives common Style 3 Lengthy Field upcoming hiatus

Baua Electric

The EV maker buys battery cells from a number of world producers and makes a few of its personal battery cells at its vegetation in California and Texas. It had a foundation value of $59,440 with transport. more economical in comparison to Jan. The automaker added factories in Texas and Germany terminating while.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk says electric planes would be ‘fun problem to work on’

Teslarati

Even still, while Tesla continues to advance the age of electrification with every passing day, that isn’t to say that other forms of sustainable transportation are not funneling through the brain of Musk. However, there is a difference between wants and needs, and Musk recognizes that. “We have a lot on our plate here.

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

Inflation is also translating into higher prices for investments, commodities, and particularly transportation. Many are turning to alternative transportation methods, such as biking and walking, in order to save money. Let's build a scenario Let's say you want to purchase a 2023 Chevy Bolt in Texas.

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