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DOE: In 2021, 87% of US truck freight tonnage was shipped less than 250 miles

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Trucks moved nearly 12 billion tons of freight domestically in 2021, with most of the shipments traveling less than 250 miles, according to analysis of US Department of Transportation (DOT) data by the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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2024 LEAF pricing starts at $28,140 for 149 miles of range

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LEAF S (MSRP $28,140) features a 40-kWh lithium-ion battery and an EPA-estimated range of up to 149 miles. LEAF SV PLUS (MSRP $36,190) has a 60-kWh battery with up to 212 miles of range.

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Tesla FSD users pass 1.3 billion cumulative miles

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billion cumulative miles, and this number is expected to see a sharp increase as more drivers try out and potentially subscribe to FSD. This reportedly became especially evident following the launch of FSD (Supervised) V12, which ultimately helped push Tesla’s cumulative FSD miles to over 1 billion. It took Tesla 3.5

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Tesla FSD fleet passes 1 billion-mile milestone

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As per the electric vehicle maker, Tesla drivers have driven over 1 billion miles on FSD. That’s a cumulative number of miles that exceeds the distance between the Earth and Saturn. A graph shared by the electric vehicle maker hints that a big ramp in cumulative FSD miles was achieved in recent months.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Mercedes-Benz Explores Pairing eSprinter Vans With E-Cargo Bikes For Last-Mile Deliveries

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A pilot program uses a special Mercedez-Benz eSprinter electric van as a mobile micro-depot which brings ONOMOTION’s standardized container modules to transfer points on its route, where the container is then off-loaded onto an ONO electric cargo bike which then completes the last-mile deliveries. With this system, the electric van.

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Chevy Bolt — The New Record Most Miles!

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A few weeks ago, I published an article about what I thought, at the time, had to be a world record for most miles on a Chevy Bolt. This one beats that record by 70K miles! continued] The post Chevy Bolt — The New Record Most Miles! A reader promptly wrote in and said, pshah! Check this out, from reader Dennis.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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