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Tesla tweaks financing product with best resale value guarantee and lower monthly payments

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In response to critiques of the first version of its financing program introduced early in April ( earlier post ), Tesla Motors has raised the Model S resale value guarantee to be the highest of any premium sedan brand made in volume (excludes rare, low volume or limited edition vehicles). —Tesla Co-founder & CEO Elon Musk.

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News: Range Milestones Hit by Lucid and Rivian

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That’s in a dual motor all-wheel drive sedan that promises 933 horsepower and will be beginning production later this year. The Rivian, too, packs a punch with more than 400 horsepower from its four motors. EPA also published the Lucid motors’ efficiency, which was calculated to be 27 kWh/100 miles, besting Tesla’s Model S.

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PEUGEOT charges ahead with revised pricing and finance offers for PEUGEOT e-2008 and e-208

Drive EV

Both the PEUGEOT e-208 and e-2008 are powered by a 50kWh battery and a 136hp electric motor. driveEV is the UK's only online magazine dedicated to electric cars. The post PEUGEOT charges ahead with revised pricing and finance offers for PEUGEOT e-2008 and e-208 appeared first on driveEV.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. While GM, Toyota and Hyundai Motor Co. the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. They reality always seems to be just a few years away, the magazine complained. based Tesla Motors Inc. In the 1990s, Waters led development of the battery pack for General Motors Corp.s

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

Cars That Think

Similarly, GE sold off GE Capital for $26 billion after the 2008 finance and banking collapse, which is a far cry from a decade earlier, when it was worth ten times that. It has to be for General Motors, Ford, and so on. James Cortada Timing is everything. IBM can't deal with small enterprises when it comes to a technology like that.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chryslers first electric car, set to be introduced late next year around the same time as General Motors Chevrolet Volt, will be a sports car with a zero-to-60 time of under five seconds and a top speed of 120 miles per hour. Power will come from a 200 kilowatt, or 268 horsepower, electric motor. More How healthy are your finances?