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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

The Truth About Cars

Our own Corey Lewis has written the definitive history of the Mitsubishi Diamante as a four-part Rare Rides Icons series, going all the way back to the original Sigma. Before continuing here, you'll need to read the whole series first: Part I , Part II , Part III , Part IV. Did anyone ever sit back here?

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Tesla Virtual Power Plant is providing energy security to Australian homes

Teslarati

“Even if all lights go out in the neighborhood, you will still have power. kWh Powerwall systems on Housing SA premises as part of Phase 3A of South Australia’s Tesla VPP project. So that gives people energy security. And we can also, in working with the utilities, use the Powerwalls to stabilize the overall grid.

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Elon Musk’s sale of Gene Wilder’s Bel-Air home paints a remarkable story

Teslarati

Musk did make improvements to the home like a Tesla Solar Roof installation and Powerwall batteries, but for the most part, the property still retained the spirit it had when Wilder was still living in it. . But while he was in the neighborhood one day with his wife, the filmmaker was pleasantly surprised to see the house still standing.

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Trofeo

Clean Fleet Report

We want a part of the market and will do it in a Maserati way.”. The Maserati Ghibli Trofeo drew stares, which is saying something in car-crazy Southern California, where every exotic is roaming free on the highways and can be found tucked away behind gates in tony neighborhoods. The soft touch dash, with a 7.0-inch Keys, what keys?

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ICCT report highlights importance of California ZEV mandate for EV policies worldwide, recommends steps forward

Green Car Congress

The Vehicle Electrification Policy Study is a five-part analysis of public policies aimed at encouraging battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) worldwide. The ARB should pursue adoption of a feebate program that will provide a self-financing ongoing price incentive for low-carbon vehicles.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

Creative Greenius talks AB 811 Financing to the Green Task Force / photo (c) Debra Bushweit Galliani. Larry Sutton, the Account Executive from Southern California Edison, did the perfect job teeing up my solar financing presentation by sharing with all of us just how much SCE’s electric rates will be going up this year.

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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

Cars That Think

In parts of the United States, using the term “systemic racism” to refer to persistent discrimination against Black people has become a political flash point. The group found that if 15 percent of existing Black businesses could finance a single new employee, it would create US $55 billion in new economic activity.

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