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Florida man attacks Tesla Model 3 with conviction in strange incident — police now involved

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A Florida man has been recorded engaging in what appears to be a random act of aggression against a parked Tesla Model 3. Thanks to footage provided by Tesla’s Sentry Mode, the owner of the all-electric sedan has been able to report the incident to the police, which has since opened a file on the incident.

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Apparently We Need To Talk About Evacuations & EVs (Part 2)

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Continued from Part 1… Would Charging Time Kill You? This has led to idiotic posts saying that it would take a week to get out of Florida in […]. Another common lie about EVs is that they’d take forever to escape the danger zone because they don’t go very far and take 8+ hours to charge.

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Lilium Announces Firm Order of 20 Lilium Jets from U.S. Operator UrbanLink

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Miami, Florida — Lilium N.V. NASDAQ:LILM), developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet and global pioneer in Regional Air Mobility (RAM), yesterday announced their partnership with advanced air mobility (AAM) operator UrbanLink to operate Lilium Jets in South Florida.

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Yellowstone becomes hub of novel electric vehicle technologies

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autonomous electric buses only last year, and by the end of the year had moved more than 10,000 passengers, according to Robotics and Automation News. These buses are sold by a Florida-based company called Beep and have not only been implemented around Yellowstone but throughout the US. The National Park itself installed T.E.D.D.Y

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Ford reportedly eliminates lease-to-buy option on electric vehicles

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As of June 15, 2022, Ford will no longer offer the opportunity to purchase its three all-electric vehicles, the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit Van, for new leases. Ford says, “you do not have the option to purchase the vehicle at the end of the lease term.” battery production.”

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Twin Rivers (CA) Unified School District receives 10 additional LionC electric school buses

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With these new buses, Twin Rivers is now operating the largest zero-emission school bus fleet in North America, with 40 all-electric school buses in its fleet. The 10 LionC buses are part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Tesla boosts its data collection team with hiring ramp for Prototype Vehicle Operators

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Tesla seems to be putting a lot of effort into boosting its vehicle data collection team, with the electric vehicle maker going live with job openings for Prototype Vehicle Operators across multiple states in the US.