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Tesla Model 3 used by Police Department reveals massive financial savings

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The Westport Police Department in Connecticut has released a new financial analysis that is showing massive savings, as anticipated, after the purchase of a Tesla Model 3 that would be used as a police cruiser. Tesla Model 3 becomes first squad car for Connecticut police department.

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Tesla Model 3 fleet cost efficiency to be tested by City of Venice

Teslarati

The City of Venice, Florida, recently purchased three Tesla Model 3 units and will test the fleet of all-electric sedans to see if they are effective tools in reducing the cost of operating multiple vehicles for government purposes.

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Owners of aging Teslas, this new bespoke warranty plan is for you

Baua Electric

Depending on coverage, Amber will cover the cost of towing to a nearby Amber Authorized Repair facility and cover the repair price on approval. AmberCare will also cover rental vehicles or rideshare costs if needed. Amber designs, underwrites, and provides AmberCare plans, as well as reviews and reimburses claims in-house.

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Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial electrolyzer

Green Car Congress

The electrolyzer technology, which is based on a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM), has potential for large-scale hydrogen production powered by renewable energy, but it has been held back in part by the high cost of the precious metal catalysts—e.g., platinum and iridium—needed to boost the efficiency of the chemical reactions.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

& In case you were curious, in 1996 Guidestar worked in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. to have a complete set of Guidestar maps. Of those, 1,000 were the units purchased by Avis.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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In examining the latest EIA data for average retail prices of electricity, it shows the average retail price in the USA is 9.74 Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 cents/ kWh, still supporting a 104 percent swing in the price of electricity per state.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

Green Car Congress

Wide-scale utilization of flow batteries is, however, limited by the abundance and cost of these materials, particularly those using redox-active metals and precious-metal electrocatalysts. But until now, flow batteries have relied on chemicals that are expensive or hard to maintain, driving up the cost of storing energy. Background.

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