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Iowa Dealers Shut Down Tesla Test Drives As Rep Humiliates Them

Green Car Reports

Sometimes you almost have to feel sorry for car dealers--or, more specifically, their ineptness at the public-relations end of their fight against electric-car maker Tesla Motors and its direct Internet sales to car buyers.

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Minnesota Tesla Owners Show Banned Model S To Iowa Electric-Car Shoppers

Green Car Reports

Suppose auto dealers in a neighboring state pressured their DoT to make Tesla Motors stop giving test drives of its Model S electric car--the same kind it now offers in more than a dozen other states. What would you do? If you were you a group of Tesla owners in Minnesota, you might just take matters into your own hands.

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Elk Horn, Iowa Claims Highest Concentration of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Green Car Congress

Elk Horn , Iowa, population approximately 600, has four public EV charging stations, giving it the highest concentration of public charging stations anywhere. We are confident that when electric cars come, we have a location where people can charge their vehicles, enjoy our town, and then be able to continue on their journey.

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An electric car can’t fully replace a gas-powered car in my world

Green Car Reports

My mind wandered because there’s not much else on Interstate 380 in Iowa in December. Three incredibly long days after my nearly 3-year-old son Seth doubled over and screamed his “tummy hurt” we were finally back on the freeway headed home. Three days earlier, my wife, kids, and I traveled from Minnesota to Reinbeck.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E GT tests its 1/4-mile mettle

Teslarati

Now that Ford has started delivering the Performance variant of the Mustang Mach-E all-electric crossover, the GT configuration is heading to the drag strip to test its mettle in the all-too-common proving ground for performance vehicles. hit the Cedar Falls Motorsports Park in Cedar Falls, Iowa. 0-20 MPH in 1.20s. 0-30 MPH in 1.80s.

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Ford begins delivery of the ultra-premium Mustang Mach-E GT

Teslarati

Ford has officially started delivering the Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition, the fastest and most-premium variant of the all-electric car. First deliveries began on August 19th in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, according to Mach-E Forum member 0t60-3.5, who posted photos of their brand new car just after delivery.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

My goal was to head north to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, then west to Fargo, ND, and back to Detroit via Iowa. Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. At that time the only car that came close was the Wankel-powered NSU Ro80.

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