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Tesla shares battery info on upcoming affordable compact vehicle

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It estimates that 686 million compact vehicles are currently in the global fleet, meaning 36 TWh of batteries are needed to replace compact internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. The post Tesla shares battery info on upcoming affordable compact vehicle appeared first on TESLARATI. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Volkswagen unveils updated Golf; Millerized engines, semi-automated driving, digital cockpit and gesture control

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In addition to some design enhancements, the new Golf features new engines (including the Millerized 1.5L inch screen it forms a conceptual and visual entity with the Active Info Display (digital instrument panel), which is also new to the Golf. The new Golf initially sees the debut of the new turbocharged gasoline engine EA211 “1.5

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BMW M introduces its first high-performance car with electrified drive system: BMW XM PHEV

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The BMW XM is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system comprising a V8 gasoline engine and electric motor that delivers combined fuel consumption of 1.6 – 1.5 It is underpinned by a newly developed, classically high-revving V8 engine with M TwinPower Turbo technology.

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Comment on Full text: Nio CEO William Li's 1st letter to employees in 2024 by John Hanna

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Tesla draws the best leading-edge tech engineers in the world. It may seem counter-intuitive, but it's because they know of , and respect, Musk's own personal genius in both physics and other physical sciences, as well as in business. Info re Li on the NIO' wikipedia site: education - sociology degree at Peking U.

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This $40,000 Alibaba drone can carry a passenger, but would you risk it?

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But now thanks to some enterprising Chinese engineers – or perhaps garage tinkerers – I don’t have to imagine it anymore. We’ve even gotten a bit creative to get a person up in the air under a drone. I wish we had a bit more info on the technical specs. But we don’t have any info on the motors or controllers.

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Meet the Newest IEEE-HKN Eminent Member

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More than 200,000 electrical engineers, computer engineers, computer scientists, professionals, and students in allied fields are members of IEEE-HKN. From 2006 to 2014 she served as vice president of the National Academy of Engineering. For more information, visit the IEEE-HKN website or email info@hkn.org.

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Tesla community comes together to fulfill terminally ill Cybertruck fan’s wish

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I tried to get secret info, but Steven was very informative yet vague,” the Wisconsin-based Tesla fan wrote. The Model X owner was given a personal tour of the Fremont Factory, and he spent about an hour chatting with von Holzhausen. An update to the story has now been posted, and it seems like things worked out for the best.

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