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

Baua Electric

The plan offers three coverage levels, and costs range from around $40 to $120 per month. 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.

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

The Truth About Cars

At the time the system cost $2,000 ($4,085 adj.). And because the hard disk storage was removable, the system could (in theory) be updated easily with new information and map cartridges. Each map cartridge installed in the system cost an additional $400 ($817 adj.). to have a complete set of Guidestar maps.

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Merchants Fleet Pivots To Help Fleet Managers Electrify Their Fleets

CleanTechnica EVs

Fleet managers live and die by total cost of ownership calculations and are struggling to wrap their heads around the risks and opportunities that come with electrifying their fleets.

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Backcountry Skiing Is Booming in the Northeast. But Can It Survive?

Baua Electric

Early last February, at the Mount Washington Backcountry Ski Festival in New Hampshire, the organizers faced an increasingly common problem: Terrible snow. Add in the rising cost of lift tickets at resorts and an increased desire for solitude fueled by the pandemic, and you get a spike in interest.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

Green Car Congress

The Department of Energy is working with industry, universities, national laboratories, and other groups to develop technologies capable of harnessing these resources to generate environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive power. The project will assess the cost of manufacturing these systems at various scales. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

With gas prices going up and the cost of electric cars coming down, there are real economic benefits to driving electric,” said April Bolduc, EAA President. One of the manufacturers speculated that our marketing model would outperform international auto shows that cost the car companies way too much money for little return.

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Event: Ford Bronco Sport Off-Roadeo

Clean Fleet Report

Leaving the Pavement: Bronco Off-Roadeo Ford hosts Bronco Sport Off-Roadeo programs in Austin, Texas; Gilford, New Hampshire, and where we went through the program—Moab, Utah. Our road tests are based on this one-week drive of a new vehicle. There is also a similar program in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the full-size Bronco.

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